An investigation of mathematics anxiety among sixth through eighth grade students in Turkey

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2010-12-01

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Birgin, Osman
Baloğlu, Mustafa
Catlioglu, Hakan
Gurbuz, Ramazan

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The purpose of the present study is to investigate mathematics anxiety among 220 sixth through eighth grade Turkish students in terms of mathematics achievement levels, perceived enjoyment of the mathematics teaching method, perceived enjoyment of mathematics, and perceived help with mathematics from parents. The Mathematics Anxiety Scale for Primary School Students (Bindak, 2005) was used to assess the levels of mathematics anxiety. A 3 x 2 factorial analysis of variance results showed that there was not a significant interaction effect or main effect of gender: however, there was a significant main effect of grade level. Standard multiple regression analyses show that independent variables accounted for 63% to 70% of variability in the dependent variable. The results also indicate that not only the perceived enjoyment of mathematics, but also the enjoyment of the mathematics teaching method and help with mathematics from parents had a significant effect on mathematics anxiety.

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Primary schools, Mathematics anxiety, Gender, Mathematics achievement, Parental help, Enjoyment of mathematics

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/37862

Journal

LEARNING AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2010.04.006

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Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Article

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O. Birgin, M. Baloğlu, H. Catlioglu, and R. Gurbuz, “An investigation of mathematics anxiety among sixth through eighth grade students in Turkey,” LEARNING AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES, pp. 654–658, 2010, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/37862.