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Ahmed M. Megreya; Ahmed A. Al-Emadi; Aisha M. Al-Ahmadi; Ahmed A. Moustafa; Denes Szucs – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2024
Background: Math anxiety (MA) is a worldwide appearing academic anxiety that can affect student mental health and deter students from math and science-related career choices. Method: Using the Arabic version of the Modified-Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale (m-AMAS), the prevalence of MA was investigated in a very large sample of students (N = 10093)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Anxiety, Incidence, Secondary School Students
Mackenzie, Erin; Holmes, Kathryn; Berger, Nathan – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2022
In this study, we examined whether generalised mathematics anxiety, application of mathematics in science anxiety, and positive attitudes towards mathematics influenced adolescents' intentions to study biology, chemistry, and physics in Grades 11 and 12. Participants were 477 students in Grades 8-10 from two schools in Western Sydney. Girls…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Students, Anxiety
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Güner, Pinar; Gökçe, Semirhan – Journal of Educational Research, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the interplays among the critical thinking disposition, cognitive flexibility, math anxiety and math achievement with structural equation modeling and determine the degree of the mediating effect of math anxiety in primary, middle and high schools. Within the scope, we also focused on the predicting…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Critical Thinking, Mathematics Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education
Heaverlo, Carol Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Researchers, policymakers, business, and industry have indicated that the United States will experience a shortage of professionals in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Several strategies have been suggested to address this shortage, one of which includes increasing the representation of girls and women in the…
Descriptors: Females, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Influence, Gender Bias