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Table 8 Implications of mathematics transition experiences

From: Mathematics and science across the transition from primary to secondary school: a systematic literature review

Implications of factors

Source of evidence

Impact on mathematics achievement

Anderman & Midgley, 1997; Carmichael, 2015; Carolan, 2013; Evans & Field, 2020b; Lazarides et al., 2020; Lee, 2010; Mackay, 2006; Mudaly & Sukhdeo, 2015; Pajares & Graham, 1999; Paul, 2014; Rice, 1997; Semeraro et al., 2020; Smyth et al., 2004; Whitley et al., 2007; Widlund et al., 2018; Yao et al., 2018

Shifts in attitudes and motivation

Anderman & Midgley, 1997, 2004; Athanasiou & Philippou, 2006, 2008, 2010; Attard, 2010, 2012, 2013; Darragh, 2013; Eccles et al., 1993; Friedel et al., 2010; Galton et al., 2003; Jansen et al., 2012; Lazarides, et al., 2019; Martin et al., 2015; Mudaly & Sukhdeo, 2015; Pajares & Graham, 1999; Paul, 2014; Widlund et al., 2018

Identity development

Arens et al., 2013; Athanasiou & Philippou, 2010; Becker & Neumann, 2018; Darragh, 2013; Entwisle et al., 1994; Field et al., 2019; Friedel et al., 2010; Gniewosz et al., 2012; Ma & Xu, 2004; Madjar et al., 2018; Muzzatti & Agnoli, 2007; Pajares & Graham, 1999; Pesu et al., 2018; Suren & Kandemir, 2020; Widlund et al., 2018; Wigfield et al., 1991; Yao et al., 2018