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Yuan, Zhenguo; Tan, Jiang; Ye, Renmin – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2023
Using an international education database, PISA 2012, this study compares 15-year-old students' mathematics anxiety and its relationships with educational issues among five Asia Pacific economies (Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Shanghai, & Singapore), using descriptive, figural, partial correlative, multiple regressive, and factor analysis…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Achievement Tests
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Lim, Siew Yee; Chapman, Elaine – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2013
Existing instruments designed to measure mathematics attitudes were too long, dated, or assessed with only western samples. To address this issue, a shortened version of the Attitudes Toward Mathematics Inventory (short ATMI) which measures four subscales--;enjoyment of mathematics, motivation to do mathematics, self-confidence in mathematics, and…
Descriptors: Validity, Achievement Tests, Motivation, Foreign Countries
Ng, Lay Keow – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2012
The detrimental consequences of mathematics anxiety have repeatedly been evidenced empirically, yet little is known of its influence on secondary school students in Asia. This study thus examined its origins and impact on 294 secondary students in Singapore through interviews and surveys. Results revealed an average anxiety level of 44% and a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Anxiety, Secondary School Students, Semi Structured Interviews