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Direct linkHilma Halme; Jo Van Hoof; Minna Hannula-Sormunen; Jake McMullen – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2024
Background: Research has shown that mathematics anxiety negatively correlates with primary school mathematics performance, including fraction knowledge. However, recently no significant correlation was found between fraction arithmetic performance and state anxiety measured after the fraction task. One possible explanation is the natural number…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 5, Grade 6
Scofield, John E.; Hoard, Mary K.; Nugent, Lara; LaMendola V, Joseph; Geary, David C. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2021
Pre-algebra mathematical competencies were assessed for a large and diverse sample of sixth graders (n = 1,926), including whole number and fractions arithmetic, conceptual understanding of equality and fractions magnitudes, and the fractions number line. The goal was to determine if there were clusters of students with similar patterns of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Adolescents, Competence
Sidney, Pooja G.; Thompson, Clarissa A.; Fitzsimmons, Charles; Taber, Jennifer M. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2021
People's attitudes toward mathematics are multifaceted. Across four studies, we found that children and adults have different attitudes about mathematics when asked specifically about whole numbers, as opposed to fractions. The vast majority of children and adults reported negative attitudes toward fractions despite having positive attitudes…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Childrens Attitudes, Adults
Download full textSidney, Pooja G.; Thompson, Clarissa A.; Fitzsimmons, Charles; Taber, Jennifer M. – Grantee Submission, 2019
People's attitudes toward mathematics are multifaceted. Across four studies, we found that children and adults have different attitudes about mathematics when asked specifically about whole numbers, as opposed to fractions. The vast majority of children and adults reported negative attitudes toward fractions despite having positive attitudes…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Childrens Attitudes, Adults
