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ERIC Number: EJ368521
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Cognitive Style and Mathematics Anxiety among High School Students.
Hadfield, O. D.; Maddux, Cleborne D.
Psychology in the Schools, v25 n1 p75-83 Jan 1988
Investigated the association of field-dependent/independent cognitive style with mathematics anxiety, using mathematics scores of 481 secondary students. Indicated that field-dependent learners experienced more mathematics anxiety than did field-independent learners. Found significant interactions between sex and cognitive style and between achievement level and cognitive style. (Author/KS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Cognitive Style, Field Dependence Independence, High School Students, High Schools, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Improvement, Learning Strategies, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Anxiety, Sex Differences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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