Students' intentions to study non‐compulsory mathematics: the importance of how good you think you are

Increasing the number of students who study mathematics once it is no longer compulsory remains a priority for E ngland. A longitudinal cohort from E ngland (1085 students) was surveyed at Years 10 and 12. Students' self‐beliefs of ability influenced their GCSE mathematics grades and their intended and actual mathematics subject‐choices; the degree of under‐confidence or over‐confidence related to these self‐beliefs was also influential....