MATHEMATICS
ANXIETY AMONG 4th AND 5th GRADE TURKISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Fulya Yüksel-Şahin
This
research is about mathematics anxiety among 4th and 5th
grade turkish elementary school students. This study investigated whether
students’ mathematics anxiety differed significantly according to a group of
variables. A total of 249 students participated in the study. “The Mathematics
Anxiety Scale for Elementary School Students” and “The Personal Information Form”
were used for data collection. Independent samples t-tests, Oneway Anova and
Schefee test were used to analyze the data. Results showed that students’
mathematics anxiety differed significantly according to gender, whether they
liked mathematics class or not, whether they liked their mathematics teachers
or not and the achievement level in mathematics. Female students reported
significantly higher mathematics anxiety than males. Students who liked
mathematics class and those who liked their mathematics teachers had lower
anxiety. Students with higher achievement in mathematics reported lower degrees
of mathematics anxiety. However, results did not show any significant
difference in students’ mathematics anxiety with respect to their grade level
and gender-stereotypes about success in mathematics.
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