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Title: | Mathematics anxiety in pre-service junior/intermediate (J/I) students |
Authors: | Koeslag, Matthew John |
Keywords: | Math anxiety;Mathematics teachers (Psychology);Mathematics (Study and teaching, Psychological aspects) |
Issue Date: | 2004 |
Abstract: | The present study examines the feelings of pre-service teachers at the J/I level's towards mathematics and the teaching thereof. Two instruments were used to examine the samples' feelings towards mathematics. The Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale (Suinn, 1972), a 98 item likert format questionnaire accompanied by 8 open-ended questions were used to firstly evaluate participants' mathematics anxiety, and, secondly, to expand on their comfort levels with regards to mathematics and to the teaching of mathematics. A total of 149 J/I pre-service teachers in their professional year were sampled 6om an Ontario university. The Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale (MARS) revealed a low mean MARS score for all participants. Participants acknowledged the J/I mathematics instruction course a source for reducing their anxiety towards mathematics. |
URI: | http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/2787 |
metadata.etd.degree.discipline: | Education |
metadata.etd.degree.name: | Master of Education |
metadata.etd.degree.level: | Master |
metadata.dc.contributor.advisor: | Rahim, Medhat |
Appears in Collections: | Retrospective theses |
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