Factors that Explains Student Anxiety toward Mathematics
Journal
EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education
ISSN
1305-8223
Date Issued
2016
Author(s)
García-Santillán, Arturo
Escalera Chavez, Milka Elena
Moreno-García, Elena
Santana-Villegas, Josefina del Carmen
Type
Resource Types::text::journal::journal article
DOI
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Abstract
Background: State of the literature: Mandler (1989), Mc Leod & Adams (1989) have shown that poor academic performance in mathematics is an emotional problem. Fennema & Sherman (1976, 1978), Whitley (1979), author (2012, 2013, 2014) have shown it to be attitudinal. These studies coincide in that mathematics anxiety has a negative effect on students. According to Akey (2006), there is a positive correlation between attitude and mathematics performance in students at the secondary level of education. Materials and methods: Our study sample was formed of one thousand students from the Centro de Estudios Tecnológicos Industrial y de Servicios No. 15 in Veracruz City. Statistics technique used was structural equation modeling.