Investigation of Predictive Power of Mathematics Anxiety on Mathematics Achievement in Terms of Gender and Class Variables

• Main Authors: Mustafa İLHAN, Meral ÖNER SÜNKÜR
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Gaziantep University 2013-12-01
• Series: Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences
• Subjects: Matematik kaygısı; matematik başarısı; cinsiyet; sınıf; ortaokul öğrencileri; Math anxiety; mathematics achievement; gender; grade; primary education second stage students
• Online Access: http://dergipark.gov.tr/jss/issue/24232/256870?publisher=gantep

This research aims to explore predictive power of mathematics anxiety in terms of gender and class variables. For this purpose relational model was used in the study. Working group of the research consists of 348 secondary school second stage students, 175 of whom are girls and 175 are boys, having education in four elementary schools in central district of Diyarbakır province, during 2011-2012 Academic Year, first Semester. “Math Anxiety Scale for Primary School Students” to determine students’ mathematics anxiety was used. Averages of students’ mathematics notes in the first term of 2011- 2012 academic year are taken as the achievement scores of mathematics. The collected data has been analyzed by SPSS 17.0. The relationship between mathematics achievement and math anxiety was analyzed with pearson correlation. The predictor power of math anxiety for mathematics achievement was determined by the regression analysis. According the research findings %17 of the total variance of mathematics achievement can be explained by math anxiety. It has been determined that predictive power of mathematics anxiety on mathematics success is higher in girls than boys. Furthermore, it has been determined in the research that predictive power of mathematics anxiety on mathematics success increases, as students proceed towards the next grade.