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Siaw, Emmerline Shelda; Shim, George Tan Geok; Azizan, Farah Liyana; Shaipullah, Norhunaini Mohd – Journal of Education and Learning, 2021
For many students, mathematics is regarded as a challenging subject to learn and master in class. One of the significant factors contributing to the students' difficulties in learning mathematics is caused by a phenomenon called mathematics anxiety. Mathematics anxiety is a feeling of unease and anxiety toward mathematics and it can be different…
Descriptors: Correlation, Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Achievement, Performance Factors
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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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Gholami, Hosseinali; Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi Mohd; Yunus, Aida Suraya Md; Kamarudin, Nurzatulshima – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2021
Based on many researches, there is negative relationship between mathematics anxiety and achievement. However, there is no study about mathematics anxiety and achievement in Malaysian foundation centers. This research studied the impact of Lesson Study (LS) on mathematics anxiety and achievement of students in a Malaysian university. A total of…
Descriptors: Correlation, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Anxiety, Lesson Plans
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Seng, Ernest Lim Kok – International Education Studies, 2015
This study examines the relationship between mathematics test anxiety and numerical anxiety on students' mathematics achievement. 140 pre-university students who studied at one of the institutes of higher learning were being investigated. Gender issue pertaining to mathematics anxieties was being addressed besides investigating the magnitude of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Tests, Mathematics Achievement, Correlation
Abidin, Rabiatul Alawiyah Zainal; Alwi, Fatimah; Jaafar, Noor Faiza M. – Online Submission, 2010
The DIIA (Diploma in Investment Analysis) students from the FBM (Faculty of Business Management) were required to undertake several MOF (Mathematic of Finance) courses. The passing rates for all of the MOF courses were good except for one course. There are many factors for this low passing rate phenomenon for this particular MOF course. One of the…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Anxiety, Case Studies
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Zakaria, Effandi; Nordin, Norazah Mohd – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2008
The study investigated the effects of mathematics anxiety on matriculation students as related to motivation and achievement. Subjects included 88 students who were at the end of their second semester of study. Anxiety and motivation were measured using the Fennema-Sherman Math Anxiety Scale (MAS) and Effectance Motivation Scale (EMS)…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Student Motivation, Achievement Tests, Measures (Individuals)
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Idris, Noraini – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2006
Most of us want our students to feel that mathematics is an enjoyable and rewarding study for them … but do we succeed? Some of our students are successful whereas others are anxious and fearful. The performance of Malaysian students in mathematics has been generally been not good. It has been realized that poor mathematics performance of students…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Foreign Countries, Experimental Groups, Control Groups