Communication Students' Mathematics Anxiety: Implications for Research Methods Instruction

Baus, Raymond D.; Welch, Susan

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“…To reduce the impact of FI «Mathematics Examination Anxiety», which has been the main contributor to overall MA value in the case of Communication students, the number of objective tests should be reduced, and assessment should be made through continuous and qualitative tasks (Baus & Welch, 2008;Deieso & Fraser, 2018;Maier & Curtin, 2004). On the other hand, and with the aim of tackling the second predominant factor of students' MA (FIII «Mathematics Course Anxiety»), treatment proposals based on course structuring (Poindexter, 1997), increased exposure to mathematics -specifically through support tasks- (Dowker et al, 2016;Ramirez et al, 2018), and revaluation (Maier & Curtin, 2004;Ramirez et al, 2018) are worth considering.…”

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“…Specialised literature also indicates that anxiety -along with avoidance behaviours in situations with potential exposure to numbers-and the negative effect of anxiety on mathematics performance, increase in the case of women (Baus & Welch, 2008;Betz, 1978;Dowker et al, 2016;Harriss Dew et al, 1983). Women manifest higher levels of MA in almost every case (Ma, 1999, p. 523), especially among university students (Hembree, 1990, p. 40).…”

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Stereotypes about mathematics and women: sex differences in mathematics anxiety of communication students

Zeberio

2023

Fem

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Citizens are required to understand an increasingly datafied reality to perform sensible decision making and be active participants in society. However, our ability to grasp that complexity, especially when it involves data in the form of numbers, is affected by limiting factors such as mathematics anxiety. In the case of women, how they face the reading of content based on data or numbers affects their daily lives, including career choice. Playing a central mediating role in transmitting increasingly datafied information, journalism is an interesting research object. This study examines the notion that journalism students –especially female students– are «bad with numbers» through the measurement of math anxiety of 185 Communication students, looking for correlations with their math competency. Results show that students manifest a low competency in math, paired with high math anxiety, which is the factor that best serves as an explanation for competency results. Specifically, only students with medium-low values of math anxiety pass the competency test. However, no sex differences were found in competency, while small differences in math anxiety (with women displaying slightly higher anxiety values than men) were identified. Even if the minor sex differences in math anxiety found in this study are not statistically significant, investigating whether this is also the case in other fields or in a random sample remains relevant, as these results defy previous misunderstandings of women’s capacities that are significant to understand the interactions of women with data.

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Stereotypes about mathematics and women: sex differences in mathematics anxiety of communication students

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2023

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“…Numerous demographic variables have been studied in collaboration with CA, such as sex, age, and level of education (Baus & Welch 2008;Donovan & MacIntyre 2004;Dwyer 1998). In the US, research has found slight differences between the sexes on CA (Canary & Hause 1993).…”

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Minority Groups and Communication Apprehension An investigation of Kurdistan

Rahmani,

Croucher

2017

J. inc. comm

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This study explores communication apprehension among the Iranian Kurdish minority group. Based on a sample of 157 self-administered surveys, the study investigates the relative communication apprehension (CA) score of Iranian Kurds and the influence of sex, age, and education on CA. Results revealed Kurds are relatively less apprehensive than many other cultures. It was also revealed that women have significantly higher levels of dyadic, public, and total CA. Moreover, all CA contexts (dyadic, groups, meeting, and public) and total CA tended to increase after grade 9 and decrease after completing high school. Age however, only had a modest effect on meeting CA. The findings propose higher levels of social encounters reduce the amount of CA among Kurds. Implications, limitations, and areas of future research are posited.

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“…Irrespective of the approach or mode of instruction, Baus and Welch [22] note the importance of being aware of areas of anxiety that may be components of a research methods course. In their study, in a communications course, they noted the impact of math anxiety on learning, while noting that similar effects from students' communications anxiety have also been documented.…”

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Development of a Graduate Cybersecurity Research Methods Course

Straub

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings

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He holds a Ph.D. in Scientific Computing, an M.S. and an M.B.A. and has published over 40 journal articles and over 120 full conference papers, in addition to making numerous other conference presentations. Straub's research spans the gauntlet between technology, commercialization and technology policy. In particular, his research has recently focused on cybersecurity topics including intrusion detection and forensics, robotic command and control, aerospace command and 3D printing quality assurance. Straub is a member of Sigma Xi, the AAAS, the AIAA and several other technical societies, he has also served as a track or session chair for numerous conferences.

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Communication Students' Mathematics Anxiety: Implications for Research Methods Instruction

Cited by 10 publications

References 26 publications

Stereotypes about mathematics and women: sex differences in mathematics anxiety of communication students

Stereotypes about mathematics and women: sex differences in mathematics anxiety of communication students

Minority Groups and Communication Apprehension An investigation of Kurdistan

Development of a Graduate Cybersecurity Research Methods Course

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