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Roos, A.-L.; Bieg, M.; Goetz, T.; Frenzel, A. C.; Taxer, J.; Zeidner, M. – High Ability Studies, 2015
This study examined mathematics anxiety among high and low achieving students (N = 237, grades 9 and 10) by contrasting trait (habitual) and state (momentary) assessments of anxiety. Previous studies have found that trait anxiety measures are typically rated higher than state measures. Furthermore, the academic self-concept has been identified to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Instruction, High Achievement, Grade 9
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Dodeen, Hamzeh M.; Abdelfattah, Faisal; Alshumrani, Saleh – South African Journal of Education, 2014
Test-taking skills are cognitive skills that enable students to undergo any test-taking situation in an appropriate manner. This study is aimed at assessing the relationship between students' test-taking skills and each of the following variables: motivation to learn mathematics; mathematics anxiety; attitudes towards mathematics; and attitudes…
Descriptors: Test Wiseness, Secondary School Students, Student Motivation, Student Attitudes
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Federici, Roger A.; Skaalvik, Einar M. – International Education Studies, 2014
We explored whether students' perceptions of emotional and instrumental support provided by their mathematics teacher constitute separate dimensions of teacher support and how they are related. We also analyzed how students' perceptions of emotional and instrumental support in math lessons relate to math anxiety, intrinsic motivation, help-seeking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Mathematics Teachers
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Chinn, Steve – Dyslexia, 2009
Whatever the changes that are made to the mathematics curriculum in England, there will always remain a problem with mathematics anxiety. Maths anxiety is rarely facilitative. This study examined aspects of mathematics in secondary schools and how students rated them as sources of anxiety. Over 2000 students in independent and mainstream schools…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Secondary School Students, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries