“…Mathematics anxiety, considered a fear or phobia, produces a negative response specific to learning or doing mathematical activities that may interfere with students' performance (Khan, 2019). Mathematics anxiety can affect individuals in varying ways, including a cognitive, affective, or physiological reaction, as most mathematics learners find that mathematics is complicated, abstract, and needs a great deal of rote memorization (Acharya et al, 2021). Owing to anxiety, fear, anger, feelings of loss or an emotional state when engaging in mathematical learning processes, students develop a range of subjective responses to the experience, which in turn are related to the physical and behavioural changes they may feel or experience, or express emotionally (Viver, 2021).…”