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Li, Tianyu; Quintero, Michaela; Galvan, Michael; Shanafelt, Sierra; Hasty, Leslie M.; Spangler, Derek P.; Lyons, Ian M.; Mazzocco, Michèle M. M.; Brockmole, James R.; Hart, Sara A.; Wang, Zhe – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
Math anxiety (MA) and math performance are generally negatively correlated (Barroso et al., 2021; Namkung et al., 2019). However, the mechanisms underlying this negative association remain unclear. According to the attentional control theory (ACT; Eysenck et al., 2007), anxious individuals experience impaired attentional control during problem…
Descriptors: Correlation, Eye Movements, Problem Solving, Mathematics Anxiety
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Andrea Martina Elizondo; Corrinne Valadez; Kathleen Lynch-Davis; Faye Bruun – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2023
A problem influencing mathematics performance and student's perceptions of their ability to learn mathematics is mathematics anxiety. This mixed method study examined the perceptions, correlations, and mathematical conversations of Hispanic fourth and fifth grade low-performing students and their parents. A psychological approach provided the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Anxiety, Hispanic American Students, Grade 4
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Seowon Song; Tianyu Li; Michaela Quintero; Zhe Wang – Journal of Numerical Cognition, 2023
The present study tested the learning avoidance model by examining the degree to which learning avoidance in various afterschool settings mediated the negative association between math anxiety and math achievement. Participants consisted of 207 third to sixth graders. Using a path model, findings showed that students' math anxiety was negatively…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Achievement, Grade 3, Grade 4
Melissa Riley – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the adult students' perceptions of Game-Based Learning's mitigation of math anxiety in a STEM math course at a mid-sized university in Southeast Texas. The participants in this study included 11 students who identified as adult learners with math anxiety taught by the researcher in a STEM…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Game Based Learning, Mathematics Anxiety, Adult Students
Valerie A. Jones – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Student success inequities in online gateway math courses exacerbate the problematic trend that too few marginalized, community college students complete a degree, especially during the time of COVID-19 in which this study was situated. This critical participatory action research study examined the experiences and perspectives of the on-the-ground…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, College Mathematics, Minority Group Students
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Ramirez, Gerardo; Hooper, Sophia Yang; Kersting, Nicole B.; Ferguson, Ronald; Yeager, David – AERA Open, 2018
Elementary school teachers' math anxiety has been found to play a role in their students' math achievement. The current study addresses the role of teacher math anxiety on ninth-grade students' math achievement and the mediating factors underlying this relationship. Using data from the National Mindset Study, we find that higher teacher math…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Instruction, Adolescents, Mathematics Achievement
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Jiang, Mei; Ballenger, Julia; Holt, William – Online Learning, 2019
In the past several decades, higher education has witnessed the exponential growth of online learning. New technology has dramatically transformed the way education is delivered compared to what takes place in the traditional classroom. It has enabled online delivery of course materials to students outside of face-to-face classroom in an…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Student Attitudes, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Design
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Wachsmuth, Lucas P.; Runyon, Christopher R.; Drake, John M.; Dolan, Erin L. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2017
Undergraduate life science majors are reputed to have negative emotions toward mathematics, yet little empirical evidence supports this. We sought to compare emotions of majors in the life sciences versus other natural sciences and math. We adapted the Attitudes toward the Subject of Chemistry Inventory to create an Attitudes toward the Subject of…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Mathematics Anxiety, Student Attitudes
Fannin-Carroll, Kristen D. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between math anxiety and academic success of developmental mathematics students at a Texas community college based on age, gender, and level of developmental mathematics program. A quantitative, casual-comparative design was used to determine relationships. A total of 185 developmental…
Descriptors: Correlation, Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Achievement, Developmental Studies Programs
Johnson, Willie F., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In the United States, an academic achievement gap has prevented many African American students from advancement and educational empowerment. Guided by Bandura's theoretical belief, which posits a relationship between social factors and an individual's perception, this non-experimental, causal comparative, control treatment group design study…
Descriptors: African American Students, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Gap
Orabuchi, Nkechi – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study reported the results of a 3-month quasi-experimental study that determined the effectiveness of an online visual and interactive technological tool on sixth grade students' mathematics performance, math anxiety and attitudes towards math. There were 155 sixth grade students from a middle school in the North Texas area who participated…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Anxiety, Student Attitudes
Emig, Christa – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The study sought to test the hypotheses that effective, guided discussions that facilitate meaningful dialogue about math anxiety would reduce levels of math anxiety in college algebra students, and would enhance course performance and course retention at a large community college in South Texas. The study was quantitative with a qualitative…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Mathematics Anxiety, Effect Size
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Stickels, John W.; Dobbs, Rhonda R. – Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2007
This study, Helping Alleviate Statistical Anxiety with Computer Aided Statistics Classes, investigated whether undergraduate students' anxiety about statistics changed when statistics is taught using computers compared to the traditional method. Two groups of students were questioned concerning their anxiety about statistics. One group was taught…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Classes (Groups of Students), Statistical Analysis, Statistics
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Ramirez, Olga M. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1990
Analyzes factors influencing mathematics attitudes among 543 south Texas Mexican-American university students, tested for factors connoting fear and enjoyment. Survey results show ability, quality of preparation, college credits, and perceived importance of mathematics to be major determinants of math attitudes. No evidence linking ethnic or…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Credits, College Preparation, Cultural Influences