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Relationship between mathematics anxiety and achievement in mathematics Taylor, Gabriel E.
Abstract
This thesis investigated the findings of studies on the relationship between mathematics anxiety and mathematics achievement for elementary a n d secondary school students using meta-analysis. Twenty five studies which met a selection process established for this research, and 47 effect sizes representing 22,189 students, were analyzed. The results of the study indicated that there is a negative relationship between mathematics anxiety and mathematics achievement in the elementary and secondary school. Three homogeneous groups were identified with correlations -0.20, -0.32, a n d -0.43 respectively. However, there was no enough information to find out whether each of the group correlations were in the optimal arousal curve. Results were found to indicate that this negative relationship holds across grade level and appears to get stronger from primary to secondary school. Analysis of the studies indicated that there were no statistically significant differences in the mathematics anxiety-achievement relationship across gender. The average correlation for males was -0.26 and -0.25 for females. The study also found that the mathematics anxiety-mathematics achievement varies across ethnicity. For example the average correlation for Asian students was -0.14 and -0.32 for mixed (USA) students.
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Relationship between mathematics anxiety and achievement in mathematics
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University of British Columbia
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1995
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This thesis investigated the findings of studies on the relationship
between mathematics anxiety and mathematics achievement for
elementary a n d secondary school students using meta-analysis.
Twenty five studies which met a selection process established for
this research, and 47 effect sizes representing 22,189 students, were
analyzed.
The results of the study indicated that there is a negative
relationship between mathematics anxiety and mathematics achievement
in the elementary and secondary school. Three homogeneous groups
were identified with correlations -0.20, -0.32, a n d -0.43 respectively.
However, there was no enough information to find out whether each of
the group correlations were in the optimal arousal curve.
Results were found to indicate that this negative relationship holds
across grade level and appears to get stronger from primary to secondary
school.
Analysis of the studies indicated that there were no statistically
significant differences in the mathematics anxiety-achievement
relationship across gender. The average correlation for males was -0.26
and -0.25 for females.
The study also found that the mathematics anxiety-mathematics
achievement varies across ethnicity. For example the average correlation
for Asian students was -0.14 and -0.32 for mixed (USA) students.
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eng
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2009-01-10
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
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10.14288/1.0054731
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University of British Columbia
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1995-05
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Graduate
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