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ERIC Number: EJ582749
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0144-3410
Self-Concept and Anxiety in University Students Studying Social Science Statistics within a Co-operative Learning Structure.
Townsend, Michael A. R.; Moore, Dennis W.; Tuck, Bryan F.; Wilton, Keri M.
Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, v18 n1 p41-54 Mar 1998
Assesses students in a statistics laboratory of an educational psychology course for mathematics self-concept and mathematics anxiety at the beginning and end of the course. Finds that self-concept improves in a positive learning environment but that anxiety does not decrease. Reports that attitudinal factors are mediated by prior experience in mathematics. (DSK)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cooperative Learning, Educational Psychology, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Mathematics Anxiety, Positive Reinforcement, Self Concept, Statistics, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: New Zealand; University of Auckland (New Zealand)