A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Anxiety toward Mathematics and Achievement in Mathematics

Experiencing more mathematics anxiety than expected? Contrasting trait and state anxiety in high achieving students

“…Consistent with previous research (Ma, 1999) and supporting our first hypothesis, we found that high achievers reported lower levels of trait anxiety than low achievers. Extending previous research on trait anxiety, we also found that high achievers reported lower levels of state mathematics anxiety than low achievers.…”

“…Prior studies have shown that academic achievement (Ma, 1999) is negatively related to trait mathematics anxiety. Furthermore, high achievers can be assumed to have higher subjective control appraisals in classroom situations than low achievers, which as assumed by the control-value theory (Pekrun, 2006) should result in high achievers also experiencing less state anxiety than low achievers.…”

“…One widespread problem in the school context is anxiety, which is a detrimental emotion in the classroom particularly in the domain of mathematics . A meta-analysis by Ma (1999) on math anxiety and its scholastic outcomes found that high achievers tend to be less anxious about mathematics than their low achieving peers. However, when comparing different levels of anxiety, it is important to distinguish between different assessment methods.…”

Predicting Relationships between Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Teaching Anxiety, Self-efficacy Beliefs towards Mathematics and Mathematics Teaching

“…One of the most important factors affecting the formation of mathematics anxiety is reported as the mathematics teachers' effects on their students (Alkan, 2011;Baloğlu, 2001;Hadfield & McNeil, 1994;Peker & Ertekin, 2011). The related literature reports that there is a negative correlation between mathematical achievement and mathematics anxiety (Betz 1978;Douglas, 2000;Dursun & Bindak, 2011;Ma, 1999;Meece, Wigfield & Eccles, 1990;Nazlıçiçek, 2007;Richardson & Suinn, 1972;Şentürk, 2010).…”

Alleviating Mathematics Anxiety of Elementary School Students: A Situated Perspective

“…However, teaching challenging mathematics to school students gets impeded by mathematics anxiety. The detrimental effects of mathematics anxiety on learning and understanding of mathematics has been well documented (Liebert & Morris, 1967;Richardson & Suinn, 1972;Morris, Davis, & Hutchings, 1981;Sarason, 1986;Eccles & Jacobs, 1986;Wigfield & Meece, 1988;Cooper & Robinson, 1989;Hembree, 1990;Engelhard, 1990;Green, 1990;Tocci & Engelhard, 1991;Ma, 1999;Sherman & Wither, 2003;Ashcraft, Krause, & Hopko, 2007;Krinzinger, Kaufmann, & Willmes, 2009;Rubinsten & Tannock, 2010;Núñez-Peñaa, Suárez-Pellicionia, Bono, 2013;Kiray, Gok & Bozkir, 2015). The higher one's level of mathematics anxiety, the lower one's score is on mathematics achievement tests, the fewer mathematics courses one takes, and the lower one's grades are in the mathematics courses that are taken (Ashcraft and Moore, 2009).…”