Students with ADHD in high school: beliefs about their own mathematical abilities, learning and performance
Learning; Beliefs; Learning strategies; ADHD
The theme of the research was “Students with ADHD in High School: Beliefs about their own mathematical abilities, learning and performance”. The work is justified as a way of knowing the beliefs of the student diagnosed with ADHD and identifying the most appropriate learning strategies for the study of mathematics. The objective of the research was to identify the possible impact of beliefs about their own mathematical abilities for the learning and performance of high school students diagnosed with ADHD. A qualitative research was carried out, using Urie Bronfenbrenner's Bioecological Theory as a theoreticalmethodological route. The instruments used in the construction of the information were the semi-structured interview, the interview with the Focus Group and the analysis of the documents of the participants, high school students who had a diagnosis of ADHD. The information obtained through semi-structured interviews and the focus group were subject to a thematic analysis based on analysis categories constructed based on the study objectives. Thus, the study's findings indicate that the students' beliefs pervade situations experienced by them throughout their ecological transition, as well as the teacher-student dyadic relationship. Another important point concerns the few learning strategies used by these students and the absence of learning monitoring. It is also important to highlight the need for a more interactive teaching practice, through active methodologies in education, which implies the importance of teacher training. It is important to highlight the need for more research related to the care of students with ADHD.