Evaluation of math anxiety and its remediation through a digital training program in mathematics for first and second graders
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DOI: 10.1002/brb3.2557
Abstract: Math anxiety severely impacts individuals’ learning and future success. However, limited is understood about the profile in East Asian cultures where students genuinely show high‐level math anxiety, despite that they outperform their Western counterparts. Here,… read more here.
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The relationship between math anxiety and math achievement in young children is mediated through working memory, not by number sense, and it is not direct
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2021.101949
Abstract: Abstract Math anxiety is considered a predictor of math achievement, although the cognitive mechanism whereby math anxiety impairs math achievement is unclear. The paper presents the results of cross-sectional (N = 241) and longitudinal (N = 369) studies conducted… read more here.
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The effect of the timing of math anxiety measurement on math outcomes
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DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2020.101962
Abstract: Abstract The appropriate order of measure presentation when testing relationships between math anxiety and performance has not been tested empirically. In the current study, 480 university students were randomly presented or not presented with math… read more here.
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Disassociating the Relation Between Parents’ Math Anxiety and Children’s Math Achievement: Long-Term Effects of a Math App Intervention
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DOI: 10.1037/xge0000490
Abstract: Although parents’ fears and worries about math—termed math anxiety—are negatively associated with their children’s math achievement in early elementary school, access to an educational math app that 1st-grade children and parents use together can ameliorate… read more here.
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Arithmetic Skill May Refine the Performance of Individuals with High Math Anxiety, Especially in the Calculation Task: An ERP Study
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-49627-7
Abstract: As a global phenomenon, the theme of math anxiety has received increasing attention. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between math anxiety and performance and determine the role of arithmetic skill in two… read more here.
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Disentangling the individual and contextual effects of math anxiety: A global perspective
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2115855119
Abstract: Significance Using three large-scale international assessments of student achievement, the current study examined the antecedents of math anxiety and the relation between math anxiety and math achievement across the globe. Results suggest that individual math… read more here.
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The interplay between math anxiety and working memory on math performance: a longitudinal study.
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DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14722
Abstract: Mathematical skills are essential to mastering everyday activities, making professional choices, and exercising citizenship in a numerate society. There is extensive evidence of the relationship between math anxiety (MA) and working memory (WM) influencing math… read more here.
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Teasing apart the unique contributions of cognitive and affective predictors of math performance
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DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14747
Abstract: Math permeates everyday life, and math skills are linked to general educational attainment, income, career choice, likelihood of full‐time employment, and health and financial decision making. Thus, researchers have attempted to understand factors predicting math… read more here.
Keywords: affective predictors; math anxiety; math performance; math ... See more keywords
Longitudinal and situational associations between math anxiety and performance among early adolescents
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DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14788
Abstract: Studies have found math anxiety and achievement to be related from the beginning of formal schooling, but the knowledge regarding the direction of the relationship is vague. The purpose of the present study was to… read more here.
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Appraisals of previous math experiences play an important role in math anxiety
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DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14805
Abstract: Math anxiety affects many people, from young children through to older adults. While there has been debate concerning the developmental trajectory of math anxiety and negative math attitudes, little attention has been given to the… read more here.
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Math anxiety as an independent psychological construct among social‐emotional attitudes: An exploratory factor analysis
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DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14902
Abstract: Math anxiety is a widespread problem for children and adolescents worldwide. However, the psychological trait of math anxiety is poorly understood. The present study aimed to examine the psychological construct of math anxiety among social‐emotional… read more here.
Keywords: math anxiety; emotional attitudes; social emotional; factor ... See more keywords