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ERIC Number: EJ442295
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Predictors of Math Anxiety and Its Influence on Young Adolescents' Course Enrollment Intentions and Performance in Mathematics.
Meece, Judith L.; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v82 n1 p60-70 Mar 1990
Structural equation modeling was used to assess the influence of past mathematics grades, performance expectancies, and value perceptions on math anxiety of 250 seventh through ninth graders. The importance of these variables for grades and course selection was also studied. Results are discussed concerning expectancy-value and self-efficacy theories. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Course Selection (Students), Grades (Scholastic), Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Anxiety, Predictor Variables, Self Efficacy, Sex Differences, Structural Equation Models, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Expectancy Value Model of Student Attitudes
Note: Special section with title "Motivation and Efficacy in Education: Research and New Directions."