The Role of Philosophical Mindedness, Creativity, Self-Efficacy and Mathematics Self-Concept on Mathematics Achievement

Mathematics is among the main subjects affecting academic performance and career prospects of several factors such as creativity, philosophical- mindedness, mathematics self-efficacy in mathematics. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of philosophical- mindedness, creativity, self-efficacy and mathematics selfconcept on mathematics achievement. Method study was correlation and the statistical community was all student from Marand county. The sample group included 393 (257 girls, 136 boys) student that were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling. Assessment instruments was of philosophical l- Mindedness, creativity, self-efficacy and mathematics self-concept questionnaire. Data were analyzed using path analysis and effect size. Results show that the direct effect of mathematics self-efficacy on creativity, mathematics self-concept and mathematics achievement was positive and significant and indirect effect mathematics self-efficacy on mathematics achievement was significant. in addition direct effect of mathematics selfconcept on mathematics achievement was significant. In this study, although the direct effect of creativity on math self-concept was positive and significant, and the negative impact of these variables indicate the progress of the mathematical creativity is a deterrent variable. In addition, the results of the research showed that the philosophical- Mindedness is one of the factors that influence on creativity, but a direct effect of this variable on the mathematics achievement was not significant. This information can be used in order to improvement student mathematics performance.