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Sarfo, Jacob Owusu; García-Santillán, Arturo; Adusei, Henry; Molchanova, Violetta S.; Drushlyak, Marina; Semenikhina, Olena; Donyeh, Philip Soyiri; Zand, Somayeh; Najafi, Reza; Enea, Violeta; Malik, Sadia; Ashraf, Farzana; Malik, Najma Iqbal; Ansah, Edward Wilson; Wongcharee, Hattaphan; Egara, Felix O.; Tipandjan, Arun; Cudjoe, Josephine; Azam, Uzma; Hassan, Mohammed Salah; Helmy, Mai; Vally, Zahir – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2020
Mathematics anxiety (MA) has a debilitating impact on learning, achievement, mental health, and the future career life of students. Though MA is a popular research theme, there is little agreement among researchers regarding the cross-cultural effect of gender. The purpose of this paper was to explore the perceived MA differences among males and…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Mathematics Anxiety, Cross Cultural Studies, Statistical Analysis
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Ismail, Norulhuda; Garba, Aliyu; Osman, Sharifah; Ibrahim, Nor Hasniza; Bunyamin, Muhammad Abd Hadi – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2022
Mathematics anxiety is the feeling of tension and fear which interferes with the manipulation of numbers in ordinary life and academic setting. This study aimed at exploring students' level of mathematics anxiety and teacher behavior and speech which intensifies and minimizes mathematics anxiety among secondary schools in Sokoto state, Nigeria. In…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Photography, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students
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Awofala, Adeneye O. A.; Odogwu, Helen N. – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2017
The study investigated mathematics cognitive failures as related to mathematics anxiety, gender and performance in calculus among 450 preservice teachers from four public universities in the South West geo-political zone of Nigeria using the quantitative research method within the blueprint of the descriptive survey design. Data collected were…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Calculus, Undergraduate Students, Mathematics Anxiety
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Perry, S. Marshall; Catapano, Michael; Ramon, Olosunde Gbolagade – Journal for Leadership and Instruction, 2016
This paper explores the relationships among attitudes toward mathematics, teaching, and academic achievement in mathematics. Based on the contextual and social nature of academic self-concept, two complementary studies are discussed. The first study from the northeastern United States examined the relationships among these variables in 84 high…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Student Attitudes, High School Students
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Ajogbeje, Oke James; Borisade, Fidelis Tunde; Aladesaye, Charles Ademuyiwa; Ayodele, Oludolapo Bolanle – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2013
The urge to excel or perform maximally in mathematics varies from individual to individual because achievement motivation is often developed or learnt during socialization and learning experiences. The study examined the relationship between College of Education students' achievement motivation and mathematics achievement, correlation coefficient…
Descriptors: College Students, Mathematics Achievement, Gender Differences, Mathematics Anxiety
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Awofala, Adeneye O. A. – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2014
This study investigated the effect of a personalised print-based instruction versus a non-personalised print-based instruction on the attitudes toward mathematics word problems of 350 senior secondary school year one Nigerian students within the blueprint of a quantitative research of pre-treatment-intervention-post-treatment non-equivalent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students
Awofala, Adeneye O. A. – Online Submission, 2014
This study investigated the effect of a personalised print-based instruction versus a non-personalised print-based instruction on the attitudes toward mathematics word problems of 350 senior secondary school year one Nigerian students within the blueprint of a quantitative research of pre-treatment-intervention-post-treatment non-equivalent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students
Iyabo, Omoniyi Mary Banke; Oke, Oloruntegbe Kunle – Online Submission, 2012
The study investigated the relationship between psycho-social factors with females study of science and technology course at the institutions of higher learning in Nigeria and its counseling implications. Three research questions and hypotheses were raised to guide the study. The subjects for the study comprised 240 undergraduate female students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientists, Career Choice, Sex Stereotypes
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Tella, Adedeji – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2007
In our match towards scientific and technological advancement, we need nothing short of good performance in mathematics at all levels of schooling. In an effort to achieve this, this study investigated the impact of motivation on students' school academic achievement in mathematics in secondary schools using motivation for academic preference…
Descriptors: Motivation, Academic Achievement, Outcomes of Education, Secondary School Students