The relationship between anxiety and mathematics has often been investigated in the
literature. Different forms of anxiety have been evaluated, with math anxiety (MA) and test …

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 …

Cognitive deficits are now widely recognized to be an important component of anxiety. In
particular, anxiety is thought to restrict the capacity of working memory by competing with …

Background Numerous studies, most of them involving adolescents and adults, have
evidenced a moderate negative relationship between math anxiety and math performance …

There are several reasons for student academic underperformance, such as academic,
personal, and social factors students face when transitioning from high school to higher …

Research on the affective dimensions of mathematics learning and achievement has tended
to focus on negative emotions and on mathematics anxiety in particular, with much less work …

There are extensive controversies about:(1) whether any gender differences in math exist,(2)
what factors might contribute to any gender differences, and (3) whether gender differences …

It is well established that math anxiety has a negative relationship with math performance
(MP). A few theories have provided explanations for this relationship. One of them, the …

Although there is an extensive amount of research that examines the relation between math
anxiety and math performance in adolescents and adults, little work has focused on this …

Mathematical and spatial reasoning abilities during childhood predict later success in male-
dominated science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines, yet relatively …