A General Math Anxiety Measure
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Date
2022-06
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MDPI (Basel, Switzerland)
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(c) 2022 The Author/s
CC BY 4.0
CC BY 4.0
Abstract
Math anxiety is a psychological burden that can hinder individuals across their lifetimes. However, the current literature lacks a valid measure of math anxiety that can be used across instructional modalities and among non-student populations. As such, it is difficult to assess math anxiety in virtual learning environments, track math anxiety across lifetimes, or determine the utility of math anxiety inoculations for non-student populations. This study presents a validity portfolio for a generalized math anxiety measure that can be used across teaching modalities, across lifetimes, and is simple enough to be used cross-culturally. The measure yielded evidence of validity when used in all tested samples: the United States (student and non-student samples), New Zealand (student and non-student samples), Kyrgyzstan (non-student sample), Turkey (non-student sample), Russia (non-student sample), and Thailand (non-student sample). The data support the use of the new math anxiety measure free of context.
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Keywords
math anxiety, validity, measurement, cross-cultural
Citation
Kelly S, Croucher SM, Kim KY, Permyakova T, Turdubaeva E, Rocker KT, Eskiçorapçı N, Stanalieva G, Orunbekov B, Rimkeeratikul S. (2022). A General Math Anxiety Measure. Education Sciences. 12. 6.