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Mathematics anxiety and the college student

Abstract

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This study was designed to investigate whether mathematics anxiety is correlated to choice of major in college, the need to be enrolled in a remedial math course and average mathematics grades. Types of mathematical problems, statements and situations were also viewed to determine which of the latter caused the greatest anxiety among volunteers. Volunteers were given an experimenter designed mathematics anxiety survey in which they rated problems, statements and situations pertaining to math on a five-point Likert scale. Upon performance of correlations, results proved non-significant for all conditions. Thus, mathematics anxiety in this particular sample was not correlated to choice of major in college, the need to be enrolled in a remedial math course or average mathematics grades.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
M.A. School Psychology-Professional School Psychology
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Psychology
Year dc:date.available
2011

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • McCloy, Amanda
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Dihoff, Roberta
  • Klanderman, John

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/105
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:rdw.rowan.edu:etd-1104

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2026-07-24
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citation

McCloy, Amanda. Mathematics anxiety and the college student. Thesis thesis, 2011. https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/105