Spotlight on math anxiety

S Luttenberger, S Wimmer… - Psychology research and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Anxiety disorders are some of the most widespread mental health issues worldwide. In
educational settings, individuals may suffer from specific forms of test and performance …

Math anxiety: Past research, promising interventions, and a new interpretation framework

G Ramirez, ST Shaw, EA Maloney - Educational psychologist, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Mathematics anxiety is a pervasive issue in education that requires attention from both
educators and researchers to help students reach their full academic potential. This review …

The relationship between math anxiety and math performance: A meta-analytic investigation

J Zhang, N Zhao, QP Kong - Frontiers in psychology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Math anxiety (MA) has been suggested to decrease the math performance of students.
However, it remains unclear what factors moderate this relationship. The aim of this research …

Mathematics anxiety: What have we learned in 60 years?

A Dowker, A Sarkar, CY Looi - Frontiers in psychology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The construct of mathematics anxiety has been an important topic of study at least since the
concept of “number anxiety” was introduced by Dreger and Aiken, and has received …

Mathematics anxiety among STEM and social sciences students: the roles of mathematics self-efficacy, and deep and surface approach to learning

D Rozgonjuk, T Kraav, K Mikkor… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Although mathematics anxiety and self-efficacy are relatively well-researched,
there are several uninvestigated terrains. In particular, there is little research on how …

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 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 …

Gender differences in mathematics anxiety and the relation to mathematics performance while controlling for test anxiety

A Devine, K Fawcett, D Szűcs, A Dowker - Behavioral and brain functions, 2012 - Springer
Background Mathematics anxiety (MA), a state of discomfort associated with performing
mathematical tasks, is thought to affect a notable proportion of the school age population …

Mathematics anxiety and statistics anxiety. Shared but also unshared components and antagonistic contributions to performance in statistics

M Paechter, D Macher, K Martskvishvili… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
In many social science majors, eg, psychology, students report high levels of statistics
anxiety. However, these majors are often chosen by students who are less prone to …

From parental involvement to children's mathematical performance: The role of mathematics anxiety

RK Vukovic, SO Roberts… - Early Education & …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
This study examined whether children's mathematics anxiety serves as an underlying
pathway between parental involvement and children's mathematics achievement …