Whether identified as “bystander theory,” “diffusion of responsibility theory,” or by other high-minded names, the problem is real and evolving. Millions of students sitting in math classes wonder why they have to study numbers and equations, and they do not perform well in mathematics. They cannot multiply or divide; perhaps they do not understand the connections between mathematics and their ...

Mathematics anxiety (MA) can be observed in children from primary school age into the teenage years and adulthood, but many MA rating scales are only suitable for use with adults or older adolescents. We have adapted one such rating scale, the Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale (AMAS), to be used with British children aged 8-13. In this study, we assess the scale's reliability, factor structure, an...

Adult Estimation, Eye Movements and Math Anxiety By Robert T. Durette Dr. Mark H. Ashcraft, Examination Committee Chair Professor of Psychology University of Nevada, Las Vegas In this experiment the estimation ability of college undergraduates was examined using a number line task, with lines numbered 0-to-100, 0-to 1,000 and 0-to-723 presented on a computer monitor. Previous research on kinder...

objective: the aim of this study is to explore the confirmatory factor analysis results of the persian adaptation of statistics anxiety measure (sam), proposed by earp. method: the validity and reliability assessments of the scale were performed on 298 college students chosen randomly from tabriz university in iran. confirmatory factor analysis (cfa) was carried out to determine the factor stru...