Mathematics Anxiety in School Children

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10.2991/978-2-38476-062-6_110How to use a DOI?

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Mathematics anxiety; children; school-age; mathematical performance; academic achievement

Abstract

Mathematics anxiety has adverse effects on the mathematical performance of school children. Studies on mathematics anxiety have revealed that school children from primary to secondary levels exhibit mathematics anxiety. The symptoms of mathematics anxiety are similar to those of anxiety disorders, which highlights the implications of mathematics anxiety on the well-being of school children. This research aimed to assess the effects of mathematics anxiety on the mathematical performance of school children and explore the factors affecting mathematics anxiety and the academic performance of school children in mathematics. For this purpose, this research reviewed the studies from the past five years, ranging from 2018–2022. The study concluded that mathematics anxiety adversely affects the performance of school children. The study examined the different theories which explained the association of mathematics anxiety with the performance of school children, suggesting that there is a bi-directional relationship in which high mathematics anxiety adversely influences the academic performance of school children, and their inferior performance further exacerbates their mathematics anxiety. School children from elementary to higher levels of schooling exhibited mathematics anxiety, which negatively affected their mathematical performance. Various factors, including cognitive, environmental and familial factors, were found to influence the development of mathematics anxiety and mediate the influence of anxiety based on mathematics on the academic achievement of school children.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yiman Zhou
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/07/11
TI  - Mathematics Anxiety in School Children
BT  - Proceedings of the 2023 2nd International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts (SSHA 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 851
EP  - 856
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-062-6_110
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-062-6_110
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