The Measurement of Mathematics Anxiety

ISBN-13: 9783639181654 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 174 str.

Mustafa Baloglu

Opis

This book covers the current mathematics anxiety literature and focuses on the definitions, nature, causes, measurement, effects, and treatments of the construct of mathematics anxiety. A particular attention is paid to the measurement of mathematics anxiety. Psychometric properties of the RMARS were investigated through a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and was found to be inadequate according to several fit indices. After several modifications, a second CFA of the modified instrument showed adequate properties. Concurrent validity of the instrument was found from significant relationships between the instrument and students self- perceptions of their general and current mathematics anxiety levels. Reliability coefficients indicated the consistency of the scales items. We suggest that the instrument may be used by mathematics instructors as a screening tool to detect high-risk students; by college counselors as a placement tool to ameliorate specific areas of the problem; or by researchers as a research tool to study the relationships between mathematics anxiety and other important factors.

O autorze

Dr. Baloglu holds an M.S. in counseling psychology from the U.
of Wisconsin-Madison; a Ph.D. in educational psychology with an
emphasis on measurement and statistics from Texas A&M University-
Commerce (2001); and a Ph.D. in counselor education
from the same institution (2002).He is married and has three
children, two boys and a girl.