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Sammallahti, Ellen; Finell, Jonatan; Jonsson, Bert; Korhonen, Johan – Journal of Numerical Cognition, 2023
The experience of math anxiety can have detrimental effects on students' math performance, and researchers have in recent years tried to design interventions aiming at reducing math anxiety. This meta-analysis aimed to examine the effectiveness of math anxiety interventions in reducing math anxiety and improving math performance. The meta-analysis…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Performance, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Achievement
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Úna Shore; Sinead Kelleher – Irish Educational Studies, 2024
Math anxiety impacts negatively on the individual's ability to enjoy mathematics, their perception of their own ability in relation to mathematics and results in avoidance of mathematics activities. Self-efficacy, motivation, engagement and attainment are negatively impacted by math anxiety. This study aims to explore the literature to identify if…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Skills, Self Concept
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Pisaneschi, June – Scottish Educational Review, 2020
Supporting pre-service primary teachers to develop the required specialist knowledge for teaching mathematics is a complex task. The knowledge required for mathematics teaching at primary level is multi-faceted and the efficacy of mathematics teaching is inextricably intertwined with a teacher's own beliefs and attitudes about mathematics and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Teachers
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Ramirez, Gerardo; Shaw, Stacy T.; Maloney, Erin A. – Educational Psychologist, 2018
Mathematics anxiety is a pervasive issue in education that requires attention from both educators and researchers to help students reach their full academic potential. This review provides an overview of past research that has investigated the association between math anxiety and math achievement, factors that can cause math anxiety,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Skills
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Namkung, Jessica M.; Peng, Peng; Lin, Xin – Review of Educational Research, 2019
The purpose of this meta-analysis was to examine the relation between mathematics anxiety (MA) and mathematics performance among school-aged students, and to identify potential moderators and underlying mechanisms of such relation, including grade level, temporal relations, difficulty of mathematical tasks, dimensions of MA measures, effects on…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Mathematics Anxiety, Correlation, Mathematics Achievement
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Green, LuEthel Tate – Journal of Negro Education, 1990
Investigates test anxiety, mathematics anxiety, and teacher feedback among university students enrolled in remedial mathematics classes to explore student motivation within an instructional framework. Results indicate that text anxiety has a significant effect on remedial mathematics students' mathematics achievement, and that informative feedback…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Students, Feedback, Higher Education
Magne, Olof – 1991
This literature review explores the phenomenon of dysmathematics and problems in its definition. Dysmathematics is suggested as a modern term for low achievement in mathematics. This document addresses: (1) concomitant variables associated with dysmathematics; (2) mathematical characteristics of dysmathematicians; (3) diagnosis and prescription…
Descriptors: Dyscalculia, Elementary Education, Error Patterns, Foreign Countries