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 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 …

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 …

How is anxiety related to math performance in young students? A longitudinal study of Grade 2 to Grade 3 children

E Cargnelutti, C Tomasetto… - Cognition and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Both general and math-specific anxiety are related to proficiency in mathematics. However, it
is not clear when math anxiety arises in young children, nor how it relates to early math …

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 …

The role of parents' and teachers' math anxiety in children's math learning and attitudes

JB Herts, SL Beilock, SC Levine - Mathematics anxiety, 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter explores one factor that has the potential to contribute to children's math anxiety–
intergenerational effects of math anxiety on both children's math achievement and their math …

Basic symbolic number skills, but not formal mathematics performance, longitudinally predict mathematics anxiety in the first years of primary school

PA O'Connor, K Morsanyi, T McCormack - Journal of Intelligence, 2023 - mdpi.com
Mathematical anxiety (MA) and mathematics performance typically correlate negatively in
studies of adolescents and adults, but not always amongst young children, with some …

Gender differences regarding the impact of math anxiety on arithmetic performance in second and fourth graders

HI Van Mier, TMJ Schleepen… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The development of math skills is crucial for adequate functioning in academic and
professional settings as well as in daily life. A factor that has been shown to negatively …

Mathematics anxiety in young children: Concurrent and longitudinal associations with mathematical performance

RK Vukovic, MJ Kieffer, SP Bailey, RR Harari - Contemporary educational …, 2013 - Elsevier
This study explored mathematics anxiety in a longitudinal sample of 113 children followed
from second to third grade. We examined how mathematics anxiety related to different types …

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 …