ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to explore students' representations of algebra story problems. In order to determine students' attitudes towards mathematics, a questionnaire was designed which tested factors like motivation, self confidence, influence from the close environment and students' preferences for discipline of the curriculum. High working memory space capacity students performed better in the mathematics test than their intermediate or low working memory space capacity counterparts. Students' performance in the test improved as the pupils went from field-dependent to field-independent. The results also showed those students' attitudes towards mathematics influences achievement in the mathematics test. Motivation, self confidence, father’s lever of education, is positively correlated factors to students' achievement. The language used the propositions; the vocabulary, the syntax and the amount of information given in a unit of time are important factors for students' success.
