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Jost, Oliver R. "Computer anxiety, mathematics anxiety and achievement in an adult basic mathematics course." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape16/PQDD_0024/MQ30487.pdf.

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Rampersad, Roger. "Mathematics anxiety and achievement in mathematics 436." Thesis, McGill University, 2003. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=19394.

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Mathematics 436 is the advanced mathematics course offered to students in secondary IV in the province of Quebec. Although the course is designed to challenge students in the advanced stream, it has produced a high number of failures. This study examines the relationship between mathematics anxiety and achievement in Mathematics 436. Fifty-six students from an English high school on the island of Montreal took part in the study. The Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale for Adolescents was used to measure the level of mathematics anxiety experienced by the students. In addition, grades from the previous year in mathematics were obtained, as well as grades from the present year, and the final examination. The results of the study suggest that students enrolled in Mathematics 436 experience a high level of mathematics anxiety. As well, higher levels of mathematics anxiety experienced by the students are associated with poor performance in mathematics.
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Sevey, Brittany Christine. "Mathematics anxiety, working memory, and mathematics performance: Effectiveness of a working memory intervention on reducing mathematics anxiety." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1302371469.

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Wei, Quan. "The Effects of Pedagogical Agents on Mathematics Anxiety and Mathematics Learning." DigitalCommons@USU, 2010. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/624.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of the mathematics anxiety treatment messages in a computer-based environment on ninth-grade students' mathematics anxiety and mathematics learning. The study also examined whether the impact of the treatment messages would be differentiated by learner's gender and by learner's prior mathematics anxiety levels (High vs. Medium vs. Low). Participants were 161 ninth-grade students, who took a required introductory algebra class in a public high school neighboring Utah State University. The learning environment was integrated with a pedagogical agent (animated human-like character) as a tutor. This study employed a pretest and posttest experimental design. Participants' mathematics anxiety was measured at the beginning and at the end of the intervention; participants' mathematics learning was measured before and after each lesson (four lessons in total). The participants were randomly assigned to work with either an agent presenting mathematics anxiety treatment messages (TR) or an agent without presenting the treatment messages (NoTR). Because of student attrition, only 128 students were included for data analysis. The results suggested that mathematics anxiety treatment messages provided by a pedagogical agent had no impact on student mathematics anxiety and mathematics learning. Second, there were no main or interaction effects of the treatment messages and learners' gender on mathematics anxiety and mathematics learning. Third, there were significant interaction effects between treatment messages and learner's prior mathematics anxiety levels only on current mathematics anxiety (p < .05). High-anxious students in the TR condition decreased their anxiety more than those in the NoTR condition. Medium-anxious students in the TR condition increased their anxiety whereas those in the NoTR condition decreased their anxiety. Low-anxious students in the TR condition did not change their anxiety whereas those in the NoTR condition increased their anxiety.
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Tretter, Jacquelyn D. "Mathematics Anxiety in Ninth-Grade Pre-Algebra." TopSCHOLAR®, 2012. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1165.

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In this qualitative action research study, five lower-achieving freshman prealgebra students in a rural high school were interviewed about mathematics anxiety. The subjects ranged in age from 13 to 15 years and included three boys and two girls, of which one was Hispanic, one was African-American, and three were Caucasian. These students had tested below the fourth-grade level in mathematics during their eighth-grade year and were placed in special pre-algebra classes, which met for 30 additional minutes each day and progressed with more depth, but at a slower pace. The researcher employed personal interviews to answer the research question: How do students describe and cope with mathematics anxiety? The researcher utilized the constant comparative method to analyze data and developed the following seven categories: setting and background information; self-image; mathematics difficulties; success in mathematics; support for learning; teacher support; and coping techniques, which was the context of the students’ anxiety. While they have encountered some success in mathematics, the descriptions of support from family and student friends, along with teacher support, explain how these students’ cope with the anxiety. When the students talked positively about mathematics, they discussed activities that made mathematics fun or enjoyable. However, these participants also spoke of negative mathematics experiences as early as the first grade. A poor self-image, as it relates to a student’s mathematical knowledge, affects current learning. Past negative perceptions appeared to contribute to their defeat. The findings coincided with previous research that mathematics anxiety is negatively related to mathematics achievement. Students reported gains from hands-on activities, facilitative teaching, teacher encouragement, additional assessments, and goal settings, but interview data suggested they had mostly given up on getting much better in mathematics, because they thought they were not going to succeed. They stopped trying and giving up was their way of coping.
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Truttschel, William J. "Mathematics anxiety at Chippewa Valley Technical College." Online version, 2002. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2002/2002truttschelw.pdf.

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McMinn, Melissa. "Investigating Pre-Service Teachers’ Mathematics Anxiety, Teaching Anxiety, Self-efficacy, Beliefs about Mathematics and Perceptions of the Learning Environment." Thesis, Curtin University, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75613.

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This study investigated pre-service teachers’ mathematics anxiety, teaching anxiety, teaching self-efficacy, beliefs about mathematics, and perceptions of the learning environment. Relationships between variables, and differences across year groups, were examined. A cross-sectional research design, utilising five surveys developed or modified for purpose, was conducted with 184 participants across two higher education institutes in Abu Dhabi. The results offer insights for higher education institutes, the Abu Dhabi Education Council and the UAE Ministry of Education.
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Mathews, Rachel Elizabeth. "USING A MATHEMATICS FLUENCY INTERVENTION AS A METHOD OF REDUCING MATHEMATICS ANXIETY IN FEMALE STUDENTS." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1377534259.

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Leibfritz, William E. "The influence of knowledge about the nature of mathematics anxiety on the level of mathematics anxiety for elementary preservice teachers /." The Ohio State University, 1990. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487683049377302.

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Iossi, Laura Hillerbrand. "The Mathematics Anxiety of Bilingual Community College Students." FIU Digital Commons, 2009. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/198.

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Math anxiety levels and performance outcomes were compared for bilingual and monolingual community college Intermediate Algebra students attending a culturally diverse urban commuter college. Participants (N = 618, 250 men, 368 women; 361 monolingual, 257 bilingual) completed the Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale (AMAS) and a demographics instrument. Bilingual and monolingual students reported comparable mean AMAS scores (20.6 and 20.7, respectively) and comparable proportions of math anxious individuals (50% and 48%, respectively). Factor analysis of AMAS scores, using principal component analysis by varimax rotation, yielded similar two-factor structures for both populations -- assessment and learning content -- accounting for 65.6% of the trace for bilingual AMAS scores. Statistically significant predictor variables for levels of math anxiety for the bilingual participants included (a) preparatory course enrollment (β = .236, p = .041) with those enrolled in prior preparatory courses scoring higher, (b) education major (β = .285, p = .018) with education majors scoring higher, and (c) business major (β = .252, p = .032) with business majors scoring higher. One statistically significant predictor variable emerged for monolingual students, gender (β = -.085, p = .001) with females ranking higher. Age, income, race, ethnicity, U.S. origin, science or health science majors did not emerge as statistically significant predictor variables for either group. Similarities between monolingual and bilingual participants included statistically significant negative linear correlations between AMAS scores and course grades for both bilingual (r = -.178, p = .017) and monolingual participants (r = -.203, p = .001). Differences included a statistically significant linear correlation between AMAS scores and final exam grades for monolingual participants only (r = -.253, p < .0009) despite no statistically significant difference in the strength the linear relationship of the AMAS scores and the final exam scores between groups, z = 1.35, p = .1756. The findings show that bilingual and monolingual students report math anxiety similarly and that math anxiety has similar associations with performance measures, despite differences between predictor variables. One of the first studies on the math anxiety of bilingual community college students, the results suggest recommendations for researchers and practitioners.
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He, Huihua. "Adolescents' perception of parental and peer mathematics anxiety and attitude toward mathematics : a comparative study of European-American and Mainland-Chinese students /." Online access for everyone, 2007. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Spring2007/h_he_042407.pdf.

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Buie-Collard, Geoffrey Brock. "Helping Students Affected with Mathematics Disorders Learn Mathematics." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1592387017569857.

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Wentzel, Carolyn. "A comparison of statistics anxiety and mathematics anxiety among graduate students in the social sciences." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ29123.pdf.

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Jain, Sachin. "Test anxiety and mathematics anxiety as a function of mediated learning experience and metacognitive skills." Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1232418141&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=18949&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Etches, Sean. "Investigating mathematics anxiety through the medium of a workshop." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ33369.pdf.

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Morse, Roxanne. "Mathematics anxiety and women : cognitive, motoric and physiological dimensions." Virtual Press, 1994. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/941586.

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The purpose of this study was to further explore single case data related to the construct of math anxiety, as it applies to women. A triple mode analysis was used to identify critical variables and to establish patterns of synchrony, desynchrony and partial synchrony. A total of six women participated in two math tasks. While performing these two tasks, high threat and low threat, heart rate, self-reported anxiety and motoric performance were monitored. Data were collected before and after each specific task. Data were also collected at pre-selected points during the task performance. This continuous time series and interval data were utilized to provide clarification of the math anxiety construct, as it applies to women.Using visual inspection, there was not enough variance in the physical and motoric data to warrant a deferential determination of synchrony or desynchrony. The subjects responded differently than hypothesized. The heart rate measure varied only slightly over task and time. Self-reported anxiety, SUDS and STAI, was above average. The WAIS digit symbol results were sometimes opposite the hypotheses. Cognition, self-report and the standardized measure of state anxiety emerged as the dominant factors in assigning the construct of math anxiety. These are consistent with the findings of Hackett and Betz (1989) whose research theorized the existence of a model for math self-efficacy.
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Mulenga, Chibamba Bowa. "A synthesis of correlational findings on college mathematics anxiety /." The Ohio State University, 1990. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487685204970557.

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Moore, Beverly. "The Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale-Abbreviated: A Validity Study." TopSCHOLAR®, 1988. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/2653.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the validity of a 25-item abbreviated version of the Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale (Richardson & Suinn, 1972). Convergent and discriminant properties of the Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale -Abbreviated (Alexander, Cobb, & Martray, 1986), as well as its sensitivity to individual differences were examined. Convergent validity was examined by studying the correlation between the two math anxiety scales, the MARS -A and the Fennema-Sherman Math Anxiety scale (FSMA). Discriminant validity was examined by studying the correlations between: (a) the MARS-A and a test anxiety scale (TAI), and (b) between the MARS -A and a general trait anxiety scale (STAI). Stepwise multiple regression analysis and Pearson Product -Moment correlation coefficients were used to investigate sensitivity to individual differences. The MARS-A functioned as the criterion variable. The predictor variables were American College Test (ACT) math scores, math coursework grade (Grade), confidence towards learning mathematics as measured by the Fennema-Sherman Confidence Scale (FSC), race (Race), sex (Sex), and age (Age). Convergent validity was demonstrated by a relatively high correlation between scores yielded by the two measures of math anxiety, viz., the MARS-A and FSMA (r = -.61). Evidence of discriminant validity was demonstrated by positive but compared to the convergent validity coefficient, lower correlations between the MARS -A and TAI (r = .44), and yet still a lower correlation between the MARS -A and the STAI (r = .31). The positive correlations among these instruments indicated that instruments of general trait anxiety, test anxiety, and mathematics anxiety measure various aspects of anxiety; however, the order in which the correlations rank suggest that these instruments do not all measure the same trait. The degree of correlation among scores supports the idea that as the instrument becomes more item specific (from measuring general trait anxiety to test anxiety to math anxiety), the correlation between scores obtained on the instruments become stronger in magnitude. FSC was the only predictor variable to enter the stepwise multiple regression prediction equation. The relationship indicates that confidence towards learning mathematics is the single, best predictor of scores obtained on the MARS -A. The negative direction of the correlation between FSC and MARS-A scores suggests that the more positive one's confidence is towards learning math, the lower one's math anxiety level. Although the MARS -A correlated significantly with other predictor variables, viz., ACT, Grade, and Age the shared variance between FSC, ACT, and Grade, and between ACT and Age imply that once the contribution of FSC to MARS-A scores was accounted for, remaining variables made no unique contribution.
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Sasser, Jennifer. "Elementary teachers' perceived mathematics anxiety and teaching efficacy in relationship to students' mathematics achievement." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2010. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4567.

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The focus of this research was to determine to what extent, if any, there were relationships among elementary teacher anxiety about learning mathematics, their anxiety about the mathematics they teach, their mathematics teaching efficacy beliefs, and their students' mathematics achievement. The researcher also investigated potential intervening variables such as gender, grade level taught, level of college degree, and years of teaching experience, that may influence these relationships. Teachers (N = 119) from 11 elementary schools in a west central Florida school district participated in this study and completed the Mathematics Anxiety and Teaching Efficacy Survey. Survey data on mathematics anxiety and teaching efficacy were analyzed and correlated with mathematics achievement data, as measured by the 2009 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) mathematics subtest. Through a review of the research results and related literature, the researcher concluded that there was not a statistically significant relationship between teachers' perceived mathematics anxiety, anxiety about teaching mathematics, and student achievement. However, mathematics teaching efficacy was significantly correlated in a positive direction with student achievement. Review of the data also revealed that there was a statistically significant positive correlation between teachers' perceived mathematics anxiety and anxiety about teaching mathematics. Additionally, there was a significant negative correlation between anxiety about teaching mathematics and mathematics teaching efficacy.
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Melius, Joyce. "Mathematics Anxiety and Mathematics Self-efficacy in Relation to Medication Calculation Performance in Nurses." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2012. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc115119/.

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The purpose of this study is to identify and analyze the relationships that exist between mathematics anxiety and nurse self-efficacy for mathematics, and the medication calculation performance of acute care nurses. This research used a quantitative correlational research design and involved a sample of 84 acute care nurses, LVNs and RNs, from a suburban private hospital. the participants filled out a Mathematics Anxiety Scale, a Nurse Self-Efficacy for Mathematics Scale and also completed a 20-item medication calculation test. Significant practical and statistical relationships were discovered between the variables utilizing multiple linear regression statistics and commonality analysis. As the Nurse’s Mathematics anxiety score increased the scores on the medication test decreased and the scores on nurse self-efficacy for mathematics scale also decreased. the demographic item of “Hours a nurse worked in one week” had the greatest significance. the more hours a nurse worked the lower their score was on the medication calculation test. This study agrees with others that nurses are not good at mathematics. This study also correlated that as the number of hours worked increased so did the medication calculations errors. and many nurses have a measurable level of anxiety about mathematics and dosage calculations and this may influence calculation ability. Suggestions for further research include refinement of instruments used in study, further differentiation of barriers to successful medication calculation performance, and testing of interventions used to teach, train and evaluate accurate medication administration in nurses.
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Sylne, Vladimir. "Impact of Inclusion Teachers' Mathematics Anxiety and Mathematics Self-Efficacy on the Mathematics Achievement of Learning Disabled Students." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1804.

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Learning disabled (LD) students are put in inclusion classrooms in order to experience the mainstream environment and to receive the same level of education as their regular education counterparts. Unfortunately, LD students do not always get the mathematics education that they deserve because inclusion mathematics teachers are not required to be highly qualified in mathematics. The focus of this study was on the relationship between mathematics anxiety and self-efficacy of inclusion teachers and the academic achievement of the LD students they serve. The theoretical framework of this study involved the concepts of student achievement, teacher efficacy, mathematics anxiety, and best practices in teaching. The research questions of this study involved understanding the impact of inclusion teachers' mathematics anxiety and mathematics self-efficacy on the mathematics achievement of LD students. A quantitative survey design was used, and data were collected from 15 volunteered participating inclusion math teachers using the Learning Mathematics Anxiety subscale; the Personal Mathematics Teaching Efficacy subscale; a demographic questionnaire; and students' school level state standardized test scores and end-of-course final average in Geometry, Trigonometry, Algebra I, or Algebra II. Regression analyses were used to evaluate the relationship between the variables of mathematics teachers' anxiety, mathematics teachers' self-efficacy, and student achievement. The findings of this study revealed that inclusion teachers' mathematics anxiety and teaching efficacy did not significantly predict mathematics achievement of LD students. The implication for social change is that further research that includes variables other than teacher mathematics anxiety and teaching efficacy is needed to understand mathematics performance of learning disabled students.
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Buie-Collard, Geoffrey. "HELPING STUDENTS AFFECTED WITH MATHEMATICS DISORDERS LEARN MATHEMATICS." Ohio University Art and Sciences Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouashonors1586172168614395.

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D'Amour, Lissa Marie. "Addressing anxiety through mathematics : from demanding performances to giving audience." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44555.

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In this dissertation, I inquire into the conditions of anxiety in mathematics learning, doing so by invoking a narrative of work with one such anxious learner, not as exemplar of anything perfect, linear, precise, or even the budding of technique. It is rather a muddling through with a sensibility of respect for a person, a discipline, and the possibilities inhering therein. It ultimately comes to be a story about giving audience to a self and a subject discipline as best I might, on that self’s and that discipline’s own terms rather than acceding to a Platonic demand to perform according to inaccessible ideals that would construe the learner in the terms of the discipline. Taking seriously the world in a grain of sand, the narrative serves as hermeneutic window onto a pervasive issue of absent trust in self, in the other, and in the capacity to learn, be, and become well with and through others in the world. In the process, I interrogate Cartesian, narcissistic, and mathematics anxieties at the root of present systemic pathologies in education, and individual and collective struggles to be well, mind-in-body, given that unavoidable paradox of singular plural being. I address the consequences of understanding learning as autopoietic becoming under conditions where learning is regularly circumscribed by an after-the-fact insistence on orderly construals of knowing—learning strangely positioned as at odds with the messy, unorderly, non-linear cognitive work of conceptual formulation. And finally I explore the play of mathematics between the world as given and therefore discoverable and the world as made and therefore conceivable. I come to describe that play as through anxiety into a stillness of something beautiful, always just ahead, though enticingly present to curiosity’s possibility.
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Franz, Erika Katharina Elizabeth. "Knowing about not knowing : a cognitive view of mathematics anxiety." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=100365.

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In order to close the gap that exists between the research areas of mathematics anxiety and mathematics learning, this study examined cognitive, metacognitive, and affective aspects of mathematics anxiety as well as students' mathematics performance and competence. One hundred and five grade 9 students, 51 males and 54 females, from two high schools in the same school board provided data on current and past final grades and anxiety measures, both general and specific to mathematics anxiety. A subset of 40 students was selected based on either high or low mathematics anxiety, and verbal protocols were collected while they solved six mathematical problems. Students ranked themselves and teachers ranked their students on how confident they felt about solving each problem. Two sets of marks were assigned to students' performance, one based on their written work only and the other one also taking into account knowledge evidenced from their verbalizations. As predicted, the more mathematics-anxious students showed greater awareness of their mathematical knowledge or the lack thereof, making significantly more coded statements for four out of the six variables that implied greater awareness. High-anxious students were less likely to consider continuing their mathematical education. Teachers overestimated their students' performance, while students underestimated their knowledge level, but more closely estimated the mark they would receive on a test regardless of anxiety level. Given that mathematics-anxious students seem aware of their lack of knowledge, any treatment of mathematics anxiety needs to include teaching not only mathematical knowledge, but also skills such as monitoring and reflecting about application of such knowledge to the solution process.
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Newstead, Karen. "Comparison of young children's mathematics anxiety across different teaching approaches." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.387695.

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Walker, Alison. "Is mathematics anxiety amenable to intervention in school-aged children?" Thesis, University of Manchester, 2018. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/is-mathematics-anxiety-amenable-to-intervention-in-schoolaged-children(cb8badd2-d02c-44d2-88e5-7e16e113f84e).html.

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A solid understanding of basic mathematics is essential for many practical, everyday tasks and good mathematical skills are increasingly necessary in the workplace. For some, however, mathematics can evoke an adverse emotional reaction, increasingly recognised in both psychology and education as 'Mathematics Anxiety' (MA); nationally funded projects are currently undertaking research in this area. Studies show that MA can develop in early childhood and increase in intensity with age; this emphasises the importance of early intervention and educational psychologists are well-placed to promote and support this. Paper One details a systematic literature review evaluating the impact and effectiveness of interventions on the reduction of MA in school-aged children. Nine studies, published between 2010 and 2017, met inclusion criteria and were assessed using quality frameworks. Findings indicated that MA might be amenable to intervention in children aged between seven and eighteen years; potential factors contributing to effective amelioration were identified and discussed. In Paper Two, the relationship between MA and working memory (WM) is highlighted and explored. Having established a possible bi-directional relationship, a quasi-experimental, empirical study aimed to assess the potential benefits of WM training for reducing MA. A comparison group completed activities encompassing many of the potentially effective factors identified in Paper One. 50 children, aged between eight and nine years, participated in six-week long interventions. MA was measured through self-report and qualitative questionnaires; data were analysed quantitatively (using descriptive and inferential statistics) or qualitatively (using content analysis) respectively. Findings question the validity of self-report measures of MA in this age group and implications for effective intervention are considered. Paper Three provides an overview of the concepts of evidence-based practice and practice-based research in addition to considering current literature in relation to effective dissemination of research. Implications resulting from the current research are discussed alongside the proposed dissemination strategy.
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Wilson, Sue Anne. "Bibliotherapy to address mathematics anxiety in primary pre-service teachers." Phd thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2019. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/7853d849faff896114cc31962b0ea34c7f8882be2b18ce3772f3f961e883496a/3683656/Wilson_2019_Bibliotherapy_to_address_mathematics_anxiety_in.pdf.

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This thesis contributes to the understanding of an important ongoing issue in mathematics education and adds to the literature on ways to address this issue. The study is located against a social and historical background of issues of exclusion from participation in opportunities that are afforded by competence in mathematics. Mathematics anxiety (maths anxiety) in primary pre-service teachers has been reported in the research literature as an ongoing issue. This anxiety can lead to high levels of stress and poor performance and can impact on confidence and emotional and academic wellbeing. Often, proposed solutions have focussed on how pre-service teachers might better learn mathematics. However, research addressing affect has indicated the need for greater emphasis on understanding their emotional responses and anxieties. This thesis reports a descriptive and interpretive sequential mixed method study within the affective domain which investigated the effectiveness of bibliotherapy to better understand and address maths anxiety. The purpose was to understand the impacts of maths anxiety on the mathematical identity of primary pre-service teachers, and how these impacts might be ameliorated. The study investigated questions concerning the range and extent of maths anxiety in pre-service teachers at the start of their teacher education course, their perceptions of the influences that had stimulated this anxiety, and the effectiveness of bibliotherapy in better understanding and/or addressing maths anxiety in pre-service teachers. Data were collected through quantitative and qualitative methods, using the Revised Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale (Alexander & Martray, 1989) to identify the range and extent of participants’ maths anxiety, and the narrative device of Critical Incident Technique (CIT) to investigate the experiences to which they attributed this anxiety. Participants’ views provided their perceptions of their mathematical identity. The study investigated the effectiveness of bibliotherapy in two different contexts, Cognitive bibliotherapy in existing classes and Interactive bibliotherapy in a small-group workshop developed in collaboration with the student counsellor. The study employed a multi-scope analysis which used a range of methods – descriptive and inferential statistics (t-tests, confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses), and analysis of themes identified by the CIT and bibliotherapy in the two different contexts. The study found that pre-service teachers begin their teacher education course with existing levels of maths anxiety, which are largely associated with the negative effects of testing and evaluation. The findings also confirmed the major contribution of former teachers to the development of pre-service teachers’ maths anxiety, drawing attention to the consequences of blame and humiliation reported by participants and to the importance of the concept of pedagogical tact. The study emphasised the benefits of including in this research pre-service teachers who did not identify with maths anxiety in this research. The workshop provided a transformative experience, as participants showed increased understanding and revision of their maths anxiety and identified alternative conceptions of their previous mathematical experiences. Insight was identified as a major factor in the development of participants’ future mathematical identity. This led to evaluations of their future effectiveness as teachers of mathematics, thus illustrating the development of a more positive projective identity. Contributions of the study included the modification of the bibliotherapy stages, development of a key of ideal types for responses and development of a new concept of “biblioperception.” It provided a model for professional collaboration with the student counsellor in the form of the workshop protocol. This thesis argues for a paradigm shift in the way researchers, teacher educators and policy makers view maths anxiety in pre-service teachers. There is a need to identify and celebrate the positive influences that past experiences of maths anxiety can have on evolving more effective teachers in our classrooms, potentially enabling a wider range of students to develop more positive relationships with mathematics. In recognising the potential for pre-service primary teachers’ experiences and understanding of maths anxiety to increase their effectiveness teachers of mathematics, this thesis not only posits a new way of thinking about maths anxiety in pre-service teachers, but also provides insights into how it might be addressed, which would be of interest to both researchers and teacher educators. It also discusses implications and recommendations for future research, education practice and policy.
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Akey, Wayne L. "Personality type and mathematics anxiety factors affecting remedial college freshmen /." The Ohio State University, 1991. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487687959966117.

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Bryant, Marsha Marie Guillory. "A study of preservice teachers : is it really mathematics anxiety? /." Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/open_access_dissertations/43/.

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Perez, Armando Isaac. "The impact of mathematics anxiety, gender, and mathematics achievement on ontogenetic indicators for Hispanic/Latino students in higher education mathematics classes." Diss., Texas A&M University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4144.

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A convenience sample of 123 Hispanic/Latino students from a predominantly Hispanic/Latino South Texas community college was used to determine if gender and/or journal-writing had any effects on mathematics anxiety or achievement. Eight sections of college-algebra courses were administered the Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale (MARS) to determine levels of mathematics anxiety and the Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA) to determine levels of mathematical achievement. Results of the study suggest that journal-writing decreases levels of mathematics anxiety among students. In addition, the study suggests that males and females do not differ in terms of mathematical achievement. These finding are consistent with previous studies. However, the study also suggested that males and females report the same levels of mathematics anxiety and that journal-writing does not increase mathematical achievement. This is in contrast to previous published studies.
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Ruben, Thomas. "A comparison between male and female mathematics anxiety at a community college /." Click for abstract, 1998. http://library.ctstateu.edu/ccsu%5Ftheses/1505.html.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Central Connecticut State University, 1998.
Thesis advisor: Timothy V. Craine. "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science [for the Department of Mathematics]". Includes bibliographical references (leaves 51-53).
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Johnson, Catherine Erin Alagic Mara. "Attitude or anxiety : mathematics disposition of high school algebra I students /." Diss., A link to full text of this thesis in SOAR, 2006. http://soar.wichita.edu/dspace/handle/10057/650.

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Thesis (M.Ed.)--Wichita State University, College of Education, Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction.
"December 2006." Title from PDF title page (viewed on Sept. 8, 2007). Thesis adviser: Mara Alagic. Includes bibliographic references (leaves 39-42).
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Bruno, Amy J. "Do Mathematics and Test Anxiety Influence the Decision to Drop Out?" Miami University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1438168030.

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Ditrick, Leslie K. "I Can't Do Math! Reflections on Mathematics Anxiety in Secondary Schools." Kent State University Honors College / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1523823170836094.

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Mitchell, Karen Michelle. "Best Practices to Reduce Math Anxiety." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10936027.

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The subjects of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) have grown in importance because they are fundamental to the future quality of life and the ability to compete in today’s global society. The demand for STEM careers is increasing; however, the United States is having difficulty meeting this demand. Society needs students who can research and think critically, so they can be proficient in STEM education and become the next generation of mathematicians, scientists, technologists, and engineers. Mathematical proficiency is of particular concern because while it is required for STEM education success, individuals find it challenging.

Both adults and children have apprehension about mathematics, and their negative attitudes toward math develop a barrier to STEM education and careers. This negative math phobia, or math anxiety, causes a decrease in math achievement. This study explored the perceptions of elementary teachers in establishing a classroom environment free of math anxiety. Specifically, this study focused on best practices that teachers incorporate in order to reduce math anxiety.

The purpose of the study was to (a) determine the strategies and practices teachers employ to reduce math anxiety, (b) determine the challenges teachers face in reducing math anxiety, (c) determine how teachers measure the success of their practices in reducing math anxiety, and (d) determine the recommendations teachers would make for future implementation of strategies in reducing math anxiety.

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Ulrich, Mary Beth Kachur Donald S. "A study of adult participation in mathematics courses as a function of mathematics anxiety and other variables." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1988. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p8907679.

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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 1988.
Title from title page screen, viewed September 26, 2005. Dissertation Committee: Donald S. Kachur (chair), John A. Dossey, Marcia D. Escott, Ronald S. Halinski, Larry D. Kennedy. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 97-105) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Wither, David Peter. "A longitudinal study of the relationship between mathematics achievement and mathematics anxiety from years 6 to 10 /." Title page, abstract and contents only, 1998. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phw822.pdf.

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Lange, Miriam Clare. "An investigation of negative attitudes towards mathematics using the mathematics anxiety rating scale and the repertory grid." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Psychology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5493.

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This thesis investigated negative attitudes towards mathematics and, in particular, mathematics anxiety. Studies 1 and 2 were based on first year university student samples while the subjects in Study 3 were high school pupils. These studies obtained data about levels of mathematics anxiety, the factor structure of a mathematics anxiety scale, the Revised Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale (RMARS), and the relationship among mathematics anxiety, other anxiety measures and the cognitions of subjects before and after a mathematics task. It was found that there were two major dimensions to mathematics anxiety; anxiety about learning mathematics and anxiety about mathematics tests. Scores on the RMARS were not high in any of the three samples. Multivariate analyses indicated that both affective reactions and cognitions, which were obtained by thought-listing and cognitive checklist, contributed to mathematics anxiety, with cognitions being particularly important determinants for females. The first three studies suggested that students' concerns about mathematics may involve negative feelings other than anxiety. Accordingly, Studies 4 and 5 took a broader perspective and examined more generalized negative mathematics attitudes. The Repertory Grid Technique was used in both of these later studies and yielded individual profiles of attitudes from both university and high school students. An important finding from the five studies was that negative mathematics attitudes, including mathematics anxiety, consisted of both affective and cognitive components. It was concluded that students with negative mathematics attitudes may not necessarily be mathematics anxious. It was suggested that it may be desirable to assess negative mathematics attitudes on an individual basis, for which purpose the Repertory Grid is a suitable instrument.
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Sullivan, Molly Lynn. "The Relationship between the Attitude toward Mathematics and the Frequency of Classroom Observations of Mathematics Lessons by Elementary School Administrators." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/85103.

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The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between the attitude toward mathematics, including related mathematics anxiety, and the frequency of classroom observations of mathematics lessons by elementary school administrators. This study considered Approach-Avoidance Motivation as part of the conceptual framework guiding the research. Approach-avoidance motivation refers to a person's approach of tasks that are pleasant or enjoyable and avoidance of tasks that are disliked or not enjoyable. This research sought to answer the questions: 1. What is the academic background in mathematics of elementary school administrators? 2. What is the attitude toward mathematics of elementary school administrators? 3. What is the frequency of classroom observations of mathematics lessons by elementary school administrators? 4. What, if any, is the relationship between the attitude toward mathematics, including related mathematics anxiety, and the frequency of classroom observations of mathematics lessons by elementary school administrators? The participants in this study included elementary school principals and assistant principals in one school division in Virginia. Data were collected to investigate the mathematics background, attitude toward mathematics, and frequency of classroom observations of mathematics lessons by elementary school administrators. This study also examined the possible relationship between the attitude toward mathematics, including related mathematics anxiety, and the frequency of classroom observations of mathematics lessons. The attitude toward mathematics, including related mathematics anxiety, was found to have no relationship with the frequency of both formal and informal classroom observations of mathematics lessons conducted. The sample population data indicated positive attitudes toward mathematics and low levels of mathematics anxiety, which conflicts with some previous research (Dorward and Hadley, 2011; Hembree, 1990). The mathematics background of participants was found to be limited in the number of mathematics courses completed and teaching licensure endorsements specific to mathematics instruction. The findings provide educational leaders with relevant research related to attitude toward mathematics and the instructional leadership practice of observing mathematics classrooms. Central office and school leaders could benefit from explicit expectations relating to the observation of mathematics lessons in schools.
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Hendershot, Shawnee M. "Family and Center Childcare Providers: Correlates Among Mathematics Anxiety/Attitudes toward Mathematics, Teacher Self-Efficacy, and Other Factors." DigitalCommons@USU, 2016. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/5211.

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Previous experiences with mathematics, particularly negative ones, can influence an individual’s attitudes toward mathematics. Children’s first experiences with mathematics are often in their childcare settings. Elementary teachers appear to have more mathematics anxiety than other professionals, but the level of mathematics anxiety among childcare providers is not known. The presence of mathematics anxiety correlates with lower teacher self-efficacy or the teacher’s belief of how effective he/she is in influencing a student’s learning. Grounded in Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy, this study examined the level of mathematics anxiety and teacher self-efficacy among 122 licensed Utah childcare providers in center and family home childcare. Providers responded to a survey assessing their attitudes about mathematics, feelings of teacher self-efficacy, frequency of developmentally appropriate mathematics and reading activities in the childcare program, and demographic information. Descriptive statistics, correlations, and one-way ANOVAs were calculated. Results indicate that the participants reported more favorable than anxious attitudes toward mathematics as well as moderately high feelings of teacher self-efficacy. There were no statistically significant differences in mathematics anxiety or teacher self-efficacy by the type of childcare provided, provider’s level of education, or years of experience. Results of the ANOVAs revealed that the best predictors of mathematics anxiety were provider attitudes toward reading/literacy as well as the number of developmentally appropriate mathematics and reading activities provided. As providers showed an increase in favorable attitudes toward reading/literacy, they also expressed less mathematics anxiety. This is the first study of its kind to assess these variables among childcare providers.
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Leung, Wai-ping. "Mathematics anxiety among high and low achievers in a Hong Kong secondary school." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B3567197X.

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Miqdadi, Ruba. "Mathematics anxiety : a cross-cultural study of Jordan and the United States /." Available to subscribers only, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1147178791&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Rougeau, Camille Margarett. "Effects of Fourth- and First-Grade Cross-Age Tutoring on Mathematics Anxiety." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2016. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6058.

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A mixed methodological approach was used to examine the effects of fourth- and first-grade students cross-age tutoring on mathematics anxiety. 37 Fourth-grade tutors, both trained and untrained, helped 37 first graders use multiple strategies to solve mathematical word problems for 10 weeks. A control group of 16 first-grade students completed the problems independently. Pre-test and post-test mathematics anxiety measures were used. Observations were also conducted throughout the study. The measures used for both primary and intermediate students were effective in identifying students with mathematics anxiety. However, quantitative findings showed no difference for fourth- or first-grade students on mathematics anxiety measures. Results of an ANOVA were not significant. The qualitative findings revealed the trained tutors and their partners were the most structured. They tried more strategies to solve problems and stayed on task better than other groups. Untrained tutors and their partners needed more redirection and engaged in more off-task conversations. First graders with tutors received more positive reinforcement than those who worked independently.
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Spaniol, Scott Reiner. "Students' Mathematics Self-Efficacy, Anxiety, and Course Level at a Community College." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3579.

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Research suggests that student success in mathematics is positively correlated to math self-efficacy and negatively correlated to math anxiety. At a Hispanic serving community college in the Midwest, developmental math students had a lower pass rate than did college-level math students, but the role of math self-efficacy and math anxiety on these students' learning was unknown. This causal comparative, correlational study, guided by social cognitive theory and math anxiety research, hypothesized that students in developmental math would have lower levels of math self-efficacy and higher levels of math anxiety, and that significant correlations would exist between course level, self-efficacy, and anxiety. All math students at this setting (N = 1,019) were contacted to complete the self-report Mathematics Self-Efficacy and Anxiety Questionnaire; 32 developmental math and 103 college-level math students returned the survey. A random sample of 32 college-level students was selected to create equal group sizes for the data analyses. Independent samples t-tests revealed no significant differences in self-efficacy and anxiety between the groups. Significant correlations were found for course level, self-efficacy, and anxiety. Lower course level math students reported on average significantly lower levels of self-efficacy and significantly higher levels of anxiety than did upper course level students. A professional development program was created to educate faculty about math self-efficacy and math anxiety and to implement strategies that may increase math self-efficacy and decrease math anxiety over time. This doctoral study has the potential to create social change by offering educators new insight into the role of math self-efficacy and math anxiety in student learning.
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Mavis, Joni E. "Journal Writing in the Secondary Mathematics Classroom." Defiance College / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=def1281623548.

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Hathaway, Stewart. "Factors related to mathematics anxiety in males and females in a Hispanic-serving rural community college." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/48214.

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The purpose of this study is to investigate gender differences in mathematics anxiety and its relationship to test anxiety, trait anxiety, high school mathematics participation, and mathematics attitudinal factors in community college students. It takes place at a small rural community college in California, in which the majority population is Hispanic. The study relies primarily on quantitative methods, but includes a small qualitative component in the form of focus group interviews to confirm and enhance the findings. There were several main findings in the sample studied. Women scored significantly higher in mathematics anxiety than males among all age groups, ethnicities, and mathematics levels. Furthermore, the size of the gender gap in mathematics anxiety was not affected by age, ethnicity, or mathematics level. Significant relationships were found between mathematics anxiety and test anxiety, worry, emotionality, trait anxiety, self-confidence in mathematics, effectance motivation in mathematics, perceived usefulness of mathematics, and number of years of high school mathematics. Moreover, these relationships appeared to be approximately the same across samples of females and males, regardless of age, ethnicity, or mathematics level. Among the significant predictors of mathematics anxiety of particular importance were a lack of self-confidence in mathematics, a high presence of test anxiety—specifically emotionality—and a low presence of effectance motivation in mathematics. Follow-up focus group interviews suggested additional factors that could be related to mathematics anxiety, among which were an unpleasant experience with mathematics at the elementary or junior high school level, the requirement of having to follow precise steps in obtaining an exact answer, and the perception that the terminology of the mathematical language was confusing.
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Taylor, Bret Allen. "The influence of classroom environment on high school students' mathematics anxiety and attitudes." Thesis, Curtin University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73.

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The purpose of this research was to examine the possible associations between the perceived classroom environment of high school students, the level of mathematics anxiety that they possess, and their attitudes towards mathematics. This marks the first time that these three fields of research have been simultaneously combined. Data were gathered from 745 high school mathematics students in 34 classes in high schools in the Southern California area using three instruments: the What is Happening In this Class? (WIHIC) learning environment survey created by Fraser, McRobbie, and Fisher (1996), an updated version of Plake and Parker's (1982) Revised Mathematics Anxiety Ratings Scale WRS), and a mathematics version of selected scales from Fraser's (1981) Test of Science-Related Attitudes (TOSRA). This revised attitude instrument was called the Test of Mathematics-Related Attitudes (TOMRA). Using statistical methods, the three instruments were checked for internal consistency reliability, factor structure, and discriminant validity. The RMARS and WIHIC were both found to exhibit good reliability and factorial validity in mathematics classrooms in Southern California, while the TOMRA yielded two scales of the four a priori scales, Enjoyment of Mathematics Lessons and Normality of Mathematicians, which met reliability and factorial validity standards. Within-class gender differences were analysed using paired t-tests combined with a modified Bonferroni procedure and effect sizes. Between- student gender difference were investigated using MANOVA. Simple correlation and multiple regression analyses were performed to identify possible associations between the learning environment and anxiety/attitudes scales. Qualitative data were collected from interviews and inductive analysis was performed in order to refute or corroborate the quantitative findings.Significant within-class gender differences were found in four areas of the learning environment (Student Cohesiveness, Task Orientation, Cooperation, and Equity), but no gender differences in attitudes were found. All four learning environment areas were perceived in a more favourable light by females than by males. Individual gender differences were similar, with a significant difference also being found in Teacher Support, as well as both types of mathematics anxiety, namely, Learning Mathematics Anxiety and Mathematics Evaluation Anxiety. In order to carefully identify the relationships between the classroom learning environment and mathematics anxiety, analyses were conducted for both factors of mathematics anxiety. While no association between the learning environment and Mathematics Evaluation Anxiety was found, there were significant associations between Learning Mathematics Anxiety and three areas of the learning environment: Student Cohesiveness, Task Orientation, and Investigation. Significant associations between the Normality of Mathematicians attitude scale and the learning environment scales Equity and Involvement were identified, while three areas of the learning environment (Investigation, Task Orientation, and Cooperation) had a significant relationship with Enjoyment of Mathematics Lessons. Qualitative data analyses confirmed relationships between anxiety, attitudes, and classroom learning environments. The data also suggest that the structure of the mathematical content is linked with the level of anxiety that high school students feel.
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Schroeder, Sandra Davey. "The identification and description of changes in mathematics anxiety when remedial mathematics courses are taught using conceptual teaching methods." The Ohio State University, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1392313528.

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Reavis, Pamela Sue. "Mathematics anxiety and the relationship between attitude, sex, ethnicity and achievement in mathematics in three high school curriculum tracks." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184306.

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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the attitude of high school students toward mathematics and their achievement in mathematics. Also examined were the variables of the students curriculum track, sex and ethnicity. Students' attitudes were measured through the Fennema-Sherman Mathematics Attitudes Scales (MAS), attitude tests given to the students in 19 high school mathematics classes. The sample consisted of 40 students, with equitable representation between the sexes and distributed proportionally throughout the three curriculum tracks. They represented all four high school grades and were enrolled in the various mathematics classes offered at the school. The measure for achievement was the Stanford Achievement Test. These scores along with the ethnicity of the students was obtained by the researcher from student record files. The data treatment confirmed the appropriateness of the instruments used through reliability and validity tests. Findings included significant differences between attitude and achievement in mathematics as well as some significant differences among curriculum tracks and between sexes and ethnic categories. The study's most significant relationship demonstrated that confidence in learning or a positive self-concept results in higher achievement in mathematics. This confidence in learning was not reflected similarly throughout all curriculum tracks, so to the degree that counseling and teacher support can bolster confidence, especially in lower track students, mathematics achievement may be enhanced. Also, the study indicates that teachers play a significant role in attitude development, and consequently, achievement. Further, the study showed that perceptions of mathematics as a male domain differed significantly between sexes, ethnic groups and curriculum tracks. An unexpected finding was that males showed higher levels of mathematics anxiety than females, contrary to previous research findings. Future research, according to the study, is warranted in attitudes and achievement in higher track students with further examination of gender and ethnic differences. Additionally, it would be beneficial for future investigations to use different measures of attitude and achievement.
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Taylor, Bret Allen. "The influence of classroom environment on high school students' mathematics anxiety and attitudes." Curtin University of Technology, Science and Mathematics Education Centre, 2004. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=15708.

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The purpose of this research was to examine the possible associations between the perceived classroom environment of high school students, the level of mathematics anxiety that they possess, and their attitudes towards mathematics. This marks the first time that these three fields of research have been simultaneously combined. Data were gathered from 745 high school mathematics students in 34 classes in high schools in the Southern California area using three instruments: the What is Happening In this Class? (WIHIC) learning environment survey created by Fraser, McRobbie, and Fisher (1996), an updated version of Plake and Parker's (1982) Revised Mathematics Anxiety Ratings Scale WRS), and a mathematics version of selected scales from Fraser's (1981) Test of Science-Related Attitudes (TOSRA). This revised attitude instrument was called the Test of Mathematics-Related Attitudes (TOMRA). Using statistical methods, the three instruments were checked for internal consistency reliability, factor structure, and discriminant validity. The RMARS and WIHIC were both found to exhibit good reliability and factorial validity in mathematics classrooms in Southern California, while the TOMRA yielded two scales of the four a priori scales, Enjoyment of Mathematics Lessons and Normality of Mathematicians, which met reliability and factorial validity standards. Within-class gender differences were analysed using paired t-tests combined with a modified Bonferroni procedure and effect sizes. Between- student gender difference were investigated using MANOVA. Simple correlation and multiple regression analyses were performed to identify possible associations between the learning environment and anxiety/attitudes scales. Qualitative data were collected from interviews and inductive analysis was performed in order to refute or corroborate the quantitative findings.
Significant within-class gender differences were found in four areas of the learning environment (Student Cohesiveness, Task Orientation, Cooperation, and Equity), but no gender differences in attitudes were found. All four learning environment areas were perceived in a more favourable light by females than by males. Individual gender differences were similar, with a significant difference also being found in Teacher Support, as well as both types of mathematics anxiety, namely, Learning Mathematics Anxiety and Mathematics Evaluation Anxiety. In order to carefully identify the relationships between the classroom learning environment and mathematics anxiety, analyses were conducted for both factors of mathematics anxiety. While no association between the learning environment and Mathematics Evaluation Anxiety was found, there were significant associations between Learning Mathematics Anxiety and three areas of the learning environment: Student Cohesiveness, Task Orientation, and Investigation. Significant associations between the Normality of Mathematicians attitude scale and the learning environment scales Equity and Involvement were identified, while three areas of the learning environment (Investigation, Task Orientation, and Cooperation) had a significant relationship with Enjoyment of Mathematics Lessons. Qualitative data analyses confirmed relationships between anxiety, attitudes, and classroom learning environments. The data also suggest that the structure of the mathematical content is linked with the level of anxiety that high school students feel.
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