Factors Affecting the Increase of Skills and Interest in Learning Among Elementary School Students and Providing Solution
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Many students do not have the necessary interest and motivation to learn in schools. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the factors affecting it, as well as effective solutions to increase students' interest and motivation. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the factors affecting the increase in skills and creating interest in learning among elementary school students and providing solutions. The present study is applied in terms of its purpose and method of conducting it. The data and information collection tool was a questionnaire and interview. The statistical population of the study included students in an elementary school in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 2023-2024, from which 20 students were selected for discussion and interview with the teacher using a purposive sampling method. It was also used to identify solutions to increase students' interest and motivation in the lesson from the perspective of experienced teachers of education in Tashkent. The main goal of this action research was to use active teaching methods to create students' motivation and interest in mathematics and students' academic progress in learning the lesson. After observing the students' behavior of inattention, feeling tired and bored with math lessons, not doing homework, lack of self-confidence, and getting a poor score in the students' initial test, as well as the students' feelings of anxiety and stress in this test, we investigated the root of the problem by collecting information from the students' own behavior, interviewing parents, examining teaching methods, examining the educational environment and space, and the students' academic status. Various solutions were used to solve this problem, including 1) education through games, 2) using educational software, 3) relieving student anxiety and creating interest in them, 4) using 3D printing and design software, and 5) the way teachers teach. The findings showed that, according to teachers, the following five strategies were the most important ones for increasing students' interest and motivation in the lesson: giving homework outside the classroom, attracting the students' attention by the teacher, and asking the students about the lesson after teaching. The results of this research can be used to increase students' interest and motivation in lessons and help teach unmotivated students more easily.
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4408928071