Abstract

MENDES, Alessandra Campanini  and  CARMO, João dos Santos. Students with extreme degree in mathematics anxiety: identification of cases and educational implications. Psicol. educ. [online]. 2011, n.33, pp. 119-133. ISSN 1414-6975.

The aim of this study was to identify cases of extreme math anxiety in elementary and high school students, and discuss some educational implications. A mathematics anxiety scale for elementary and high school students was applied. The scale contained 24 situations related to the study of mathematics. For each situation the respondent must select an option: no anxiety, low anxiety, moderate anxiety, high anxiety, extreme anxiety. We selected 11 cases whose scores between 97 and 106 indicated extreme anxiety out of 1106 students who responded to the scale. Data are discussed on the base of educational implications regarding to the anxiogenic situations presented in the scale. Some possible interventions aimed at reducing or reversing mathematics anxiety are indicated.

Keywords : mathematics anxiety; mathematics anxiety scale; elementary and high school students.

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