The study investigated the effects of mathematics anxiety on matriculation students as related to motivation and achievement. Subjects included 88 students who were at the end of their second semester of study. Anxiety and motivation were measured using the Fennema-Sherman Math Anxiety Scale (MAS) and Effectance Motivation Scale (EMS) respectively. The instrument used to measure achievement was...

In the current study, we used a multi-method approach to understand quality of math homework-helping interactions between parents and their children how parents’ children’s own achievement anxiety relate interaction. Forty Canadian (ages 10–12 years; grades 5 7) completed self-report measures general anxiety. Parents standardized assessments were then recorded as they engaged in simulated homew...

Today, being confident and having a sound understanding of mathematics is critical in an age of STEM. Teachers must play in important role in seeing that all students display their confidence in their ability to do mathematics. This paper explains the process of using bibliotherapy when teaching mathematics to address both the math anxious or the math gifted student to build more math confidenc...