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The Nature, Effects, and Relief of Mathematics Anxiety
Abstract
Results of 151 studies were integrated by meta-analysis to scrutinize the construct mathematics anxiety. Mathematics anxiety is related to poor performance on mathematics achievement tests. It relates inversely to positive attitudes toward mathematics and is bound directly to avoidance of the subject. Variables that exhibit differential mathematics anxiety levels include ability, school grade level, and undergraduate fields of study, with preservice arithmetic teachers especially prone to mathematics anxiety. Females display higher levels than males. However, mathematics anxiety appears more strongly linked with poor performance and avoidance of mathematics in precollege males than females. A variety of treatments are effective in reducing mathematics anxiety. Improved mathematics performance consistently accompanies valid treatment.
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Correlates, Causes, Effects, and Treatment of Test Anxiety
Hembree, R. (1988) · Review of Educational Research · doi:10.3102/00346543058001047 · Cited by 1,723 · cited 2×
“phy is present in Hembree (1988b). The distribution of studies performed at each grade level 1 through 12 and postsecondary (P) is shown in Table 1.”
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Prevalence, distribution, and correlates of math anxiety in college students
Betz, N. E. (1978) · Journal of Counseling Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-0167.25.5.441 · Cited by 558 · cited 1×
“Their anxiety toward mathematics seems consistently higher than that of males (Betz, 1978), and the construct is charged with being a cause of Ernest's (1976) finding that far fewer women than men take part in high school and college mathematics (Meece, Parsons, Kaczala, Goff, & Futterman, 1982; Tobias, 1980).”
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- Authors
- Hembree, R.
- Venue
- Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
- Published
- 1990-01
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 33
- ISSN
- 0021-8251 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1997301264
- Cited by
- 1,979
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 5.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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