Unraveling the role of math anxiety in students’ math performance [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Math anxiety (MA; i.e., feelings of anxiety experienced when being confronted with mathematics) can have negative implications on the mental health and well-being of individuals and is moderately negatively correlated with math achievement. Nevertheless,
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Gender differences in the intention to study math increase with math performance [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 Even though females currently outnumber males in higher education, they remain largely underrepresented in math-related fields of study, with no sign of improvement during the past decades.
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The Relationship Between Math Anxiety and Math Performance: A Meta-Analytic Investigation [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Math anxiety (MA) has been suggested to decrease the math performance of students. However, it remains unclear what factors moderate this relationship. The aim of this research was to explore the link between MA and math performance.
Jing Zhang, Nan Zhao, Qi Ping Kong
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Strategies for remediating the impact of math anxiety on high school math performance [PDF]
npj Science of Learning, 2023 Students with math anxiety experience excessive levels of negative emotion, including intrusive and distracting thoughts, when attempting to learn about math or complete a math assignment.
Rachel G. Pizzie, David J. M. Kraemer
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Effects of attachment security priming on women’s math performance [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 IntroductionActivating people’s sense of attachment security can buffer against psychological threats. Here we tested whether security priming can also buffer the adverse effects of stereotype threat among women.MethodThree studies (a pilot study (N = 79
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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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Executive functions, math anxiety and math performance in middle school students. [PDF]
Br J Dev Psychol, 2022 Abstract Previous studies mainly investigated working memory (WM) and math anxiety (MA) leaving almost unexplored other aspects of executive functions (EFs) in middle school period. Filling the gap in the literature, the aims of this study were: (1) to better examine the relationship between MA and math performance, (2) to better ...
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Working Memory and Its Mediating Role on the Relationship of Math Anxiety and Math Performance: A Meta-Analysis [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 It is well established that math anxiety has a negative relationship with math performance (MP). A few theories have provided explanations for this relationship.
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Teacher's Emotional Support and Math Performance: The Chain Mediating Effect of Academic Self-Efficacy and Math Behavioral Engagement [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Positive teacher-student interaction can exert a positive influence on student engagement and math performance. As an important part of teacher-student interaction, emotional support of a teacher plays an indispensable role in the math performance of ...
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Gender Stereotypes in a Children's Television Program: Effects on Girls' and Boys' Stereotype Endorsement, Math Performance, Motivational Dispositions, and Attitudes [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 Television programs are a central part of children's everyday lives. These programs often transmit stereotypes about gender roles such as “math is for boys and not for girls.” So far, however, it is unclear whether stereotypes that are embedded in ...
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