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Differentiating anxiety forms and their role in academic performance from primary to secondary school. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
INTRODUCTION:Individuals with high levels of mathematics anxiety are more likely to have other forms of anxiety, such as general anxiety and test anxiety, and tend to have some math performance decrement compared to those with low math anxiety.
Emma Carey, Amy Devine, Francesca Hill, Dénes Szűcs   +3 more
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What counts as 'math'? Relating conceptions of math with anxiety about math [PDF]

, 2023
What do people think of when they think of "math?'' We propose that individuals may have very different working definitions of the category of math, and that those with broader 'math conceptions' may have less math anxiety. In Study 1, we introduce a method for indexing the "breadth'' of individuals' math conceptions, and show that there is an inverse ...
Ruthe Foushee, Rachel Jansen, Mahesh Srinivasan   +2 more
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The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Population‐based survey data have demonstrated that LGBTQ communities report varying rates of economic insecurity, yet very little research directly assesses how pathways into and experiences with poverty look different among subgroups at the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring Child Disadvantage: Comparing Multidimensional and Socioeconomic Approaches for Predicting Developmental Outcomes

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Robust measurement of disadvantage is essential to identifying and addressing inequities in children's development. We tested how a multidimensional framework of child disadvantage performed relative to a traditional socioeconomic position (SEP) approach to predict developmental outcomes.
Wei Hong, Fiona Mensah, Elodie O'Connor, Shuaijun Guo, Sharon Goldfeld, Meredith O'Connor, Cindy Pham, Sarah Gray   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

When approximate number acuity predicts math performance: The moderating role of math anxiety. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Separate lines of research suggest that people who are better at estimating numerical quantities using the approximate number system (ANS) have better math performance, and that people with high levels of math anxiety have worse math performance.
Emily J Braham, Melissa E Libertus
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National and International Monitoring of Student Literacy and Numeracy Attainment: The Case for Rigorous Macro and Micro Analysis

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In her 2024 paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data, Larsen compiled an impressive summary of major international (PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS) and national (NAPLAN) standardised assessments pertaining to literacy and numeracy.
Pamela C. Snow, Tanya A. Serry, Jennifer Buckingham, Lorraine S. Hammond, Stephen Dinham, Eamon Charles, Tessa A. Weadman, Nathanial R. Swain, Susan Hiland, Tessa Daffern   +9 more
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Math anxiety affects career choices during development

International Journal of STEM Education, 2023
Background Links between math anxiety and the choice of a math-intensive career might change over development and differ by gender. The study included three research populations: primary school (N = 87, 48 females, mean age = 10.2), high school (N = 107,
Hili Eidlin-Levy, Elad Avraham, Laurain Fares, Orly Rubinsten   +3 more
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Animal research in the UK: Regulation, implementation, welfare and development of new approach methodologies

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
Scientific research with animals in the UK is regulated by the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 with the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research providing support for best practice and facilitating development of new approach methodologies.
Ewan St. John Smith, James Bussell, Maggie Gentry, Elliot Lilley, Cathy Merry, Judy MacArthur Clark, William Reynolds   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parallel paths? Do state and trait math anxiety interact differently with executive functions in explaining math problem solving?

Psychology, Society & Education
Math anxiety and executive functions both impact mathematical achievement, yet their interaction shows methodological inconsistencies. Building on the theoretical framework of the state-trait discrepancy, this study evaluates these math anxiety ...
Anabel Fernández-Blanco, Macarena Dib, Victoria Simms, Cristian A. Rojas-Barahona   +3 more
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Does anxiety explain why math-anxious people underperform in math?

npj Science of Learning, 2023
Math-anxious people consistently underperform in math. The most widely accepted explanation for why this underperformance occurs is that math-anxious people experience heightened anxiety when faced with math, and this in-the-moment anxiety interferes ...
Richard J. Daker, Sylvia U. Gattas, Elizabeth A. Necka, Adam E. Green, Ian M. Lyons   +4 more
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