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Zamora-Lobato, Teresa; García-Santillán, Arturo; Molchanova, Violetta S. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2019
The aim of study focused in identify if there are a set of variables that explain the level of anxiety towards mathematics in Telebachillerato students. For this, the test designed by Muñoz and Mato-Vázquez (2007) was used. The test comprises by 24 items with 5 dimensions. In order to get data, were surveyed 201 regular students enrolled in the…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Mathematics Anxiety, Secondary School Mathematics, High School Students
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García-Santillán, Arturo; Rojas-Kramer, Carlos; Moreno-García, Elena; Ramos-Hernández, Jesica – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2017
The aim of this study was to determine the variables that explain the anxiety towards mathematics in college students. For this purpose, we used the scale RMARS that integrate 25 items. The sample is non-probabilistic by convenience and the questionnaire was applied to 100 student's enrollment in the "Instituto Tecnológico de Veracruz"…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, College Students, College Mathematics, Factor Analysis
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García-Santillán, Arturo; Martínez-Rodríguez, Valeria; Santana, Josefina C. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a structure of variables that allows us to understand the level of Anxiety towards Mathematics in high school students from the municipalities of Zacatal and Jamapa, Veracruz, Mexico. This was based on the seminal works of Richardson and Suinn [1972], who developed the Mathematics Anxiety…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Anxiety, Mathematics Anxiety
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Brown, Jennifer L.; Sifuentes, Lucía Macías – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2016
With growing numbers of Hispanic students enrolling in post-secondary school, there is a need to increase retention and graduation rates. The purpose of this study was to validate the Spanish adaptation of the Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale (AMAS). The AMAS was translated and administered to 804 freshman students at a post-secondary institution in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Test Validity, Affective Measures, Spanish
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García-Santillán, Arturo; Ochoa-Domínguez, Tomás Elio; Ramos-Hernández, Jésica Josefina – International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2018
The aim of the study was to measure the level of anxiety towards mathematics among workers in the production area of a factory in the sugar industry. In order to carry out this study, the Muñoz y Mato-Vázquez scale was used (2007) and adapted to the working area. 283 workers from the three different shifts (morning, afternoon and night) were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Anxiety, Factor Analysis, Educational Attainment
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Escalera-Chávez, Milka Elena; Moreno-García, Elena; García-Santillán, Arturo; Rojas-Kramer, Carlos Alberto – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
Regardless of the social or economic status of a student, it is a fact that math is always present. This discipline is considered as a competitive tool for achieving a more productive life. However, the gap in academic achievement is big. Consequently, in the last decades the research on education has set attention on this point. Therefore, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Anxiety, High School Students, Secondary School Mathematics