Math anxiety interferes with learning novel mathematics contents in early elementary school.

C Tomasetto, K Morsanyi, V Guardabassi… - Journal of …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Whereas some evidence exists that math anxiety may interfere with math performance from
the very beginning of primary school, no study to date has attempted to investigate whether …

Math anxiety, working memory, and math achievement in early elementary school

G Ramirez, EA Gunderson, SC Levine… - Journal of cognition …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Although math anxiety is associated with poor mathematical knowledge and low course
grades (Ashcraft & Krause,), research establishing a connection between math anxiety and …

Longitudinal relations between young students' feelings about mathematics and arithmetic performance

CS Song, C Xu, EA Maloney, SL Skwarchuk… - Cognitive …, 2021 - Elsevier
Math anxiety is a common correlate of math performance for adults. Research on young
children's emotional reactions to math is limited, but critical for determining how math anxiety …

Longitudinal and situational associations between math anxiety and performance among early adolescents

R Sorvo, N Kiuru, T Koponen, T Aro… - Annals of the New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Studies have found math anxiety and achievement to be related from the beginning of formal
schooling, but the knowledge regarding the direction of the relationship is vague. The …

Math anxiety in second and third graders and its relation to mathematics achievement

SS Wu, M Barth, H Amin, V Malcarne… - Frontiers in …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Although the detrimental effects of math anxiety in adults are well understood, few studies
have examined how it affects younger children who are beginning to learn math in a formal …

Math anxiety and its relationship with basic arithmetic skills among primary school children

R Sorvo, T Koponen, H Viholainen… - British Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Children have been found to report and demonstrate math anxiety as early as
the first grade. However, previous results concerning the relationship between math anxiety …

Exploring the nature of math anxiety in young children: Intensity, prevalence, reasons

M Szczygieł, B Pieronkiewicz - Mathematical Thinking and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
According to previous findings, math anxiety already occurs at early school age and is
negatively correlated with math achievement. So far, however, little is known about the …

Children's math anxiety predicts their math achievement over and above a key foundational math skill

N Pantoja, MW Schaeffer, CS Rozek… - Journal of Cognition …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Math anxiety negatively predicts young children's math achievement. While some
researchers have suggested that math anxiety may stem from poor math ability, others have …

Math anxiety and math performance in children: The mediating roles of working memory and math self‐concept

MJ Justicia‐Galiano, ME Martín‐Puga… - British Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Numerous studies, most of them involving adolescents and adults, have
evidenced a moderate negative relationship between math anxiety and math performance …

The interplay of math anxiety and math competence for later performance

SC Weissgerber, C Grünberg, L Neufeld… - Social Psychology of …, 2022 - Springer
Math anxiety's negative effects on performance are well-documented. The interplay of math
anxiety and mathematical competence regarding later performance is underexplored. We …