Math Anxiety in Elementary and Secondary School Students.

Wigfield, Allan; Meece, Judith L.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Math Anxiety in Elementary and Secondary School Students.

Wigfield, Allan; Meece, Judith L.

Journal of Educational Psychology, v80 n2 p210-16 Jun 1988

Confirmatory factor analysis of data from a portion of a long-term study provided evidence for two components of math anxiety for 298 male and 266 female 6th through 12th graders. The components related to negative affective reactions and cognitive aspects. Age and gender differences were significant. (TJH)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Analysis, Intellectual Development, Longitudinal Studies, Mathematics Anxiety, Negative Attitudes, Secondary School Students, Sex Differences, Student Attitudes

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Language: English

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