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Rojas-Kramer, Carlos Alberto; Moreno-García, Elena; Venegas-Martínez, Francisco – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2020
The study aimed to measure the level of anxiety towards mathematics in high school students and if they differs by gender and institution. For this, the scale designed by Muñoz-Cantero and Mato-Vázquez (2007) was applied to 536 Mexican students from three different institutions in the public sector. This instrument is divided into five factors:…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Predictor Variables, Foreign Countries, High School Students
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Zamora-Lobato, Teresa; García-Santillán, Arturo; Molchanova, Violetta S. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2019
The aim of study focused in identify if there are a set of variables that explain the level of anxiety towards mathematics in Telebachillerato students. For this, the test designed by Muñoz and Mato-Vázquez (2007) was used. The test comprises by 24 items with 5 dimensions. In order to get data, were surveyed 201 regular students enrolled in the…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Mathematics Anxiety, Secondary School Mathematics, High School Students
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Escalera-Chávez, Milka Elena; García-Santillán, Arturo; Molchanova, Violeta S. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2019
In Mexico there is a complicated situation regarding the subject of mathematics, especially in the high school students who have shown low performance in the results of the tests applied by international and national organizations. Therefore, the aim of the study is focuses on testing whether the variables of the scale proposed by Fennema and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Anxiety, High School Students, Problem Solving
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Escalera-Chávez, Milka E.; Rojas-Kramer, Carlos A. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2019
The purpose of the research was to identify the existence of anxiety towards mathematics in high-school students. A quantitative, non-experimental and descriptive study was carried out. The sample was made up by 353 high school students from the city of Rioverde S.L.P. of which 164 were men and 189 were women. A non-probabilistic sampling was…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, High School Students, Secondary School Mathematics, Foreign Countries
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Moreno-García, Elena; García-Santillán, Arturo; Molchanova, Violetta S.; Campero, Edgar Plata – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2018
The purpose of the study is to determine a latent structure of variables that explain the level of anxiety towards mathematics of high school students based on the interaction that the student has with the tasks, courses and math exams. For this purpose, the RMARS mathematical anxiety scale was used, which has a Likert-type scaling. The instrument…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Tests, Mathematics Anxiety, Student Attitudes
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García-Santillán, Arturo; Martínez-Rodríguez, Valeria; Santana, Josefina C. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a structure of variables that allows us to understand the level of Anxiety towards Mathematics in high school students from the municipalities of Zacatal and Jamapa, Veracruz, Mexico. This was based on the seminal works of Richardson and Suinn [1972], who developed the Mathematics Anxiety…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Anxiety, Mathematics Anxiety