Open AccessImpact of Mathematics Anxiety on Undergraduate Mathematics Students in a Gulf Country
Author(s) -
Maitham AlMuharraqi,
George K. Toworfe
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of engineering and management research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2394-6962
pISSN - 2250-0758
DOI - 10.31033/ijemr.8.3.28
Subject(s) - anxiety , mathematics education , scale (ratio) , descriptive statistics , bridge (graph theory) , test anxiety , psychology , mathematics , medicine , statistics , geography , cartography , psychiatry
Mathematics anxiety has been established tonegatively influence students’ learning experiences inMathematics. There is, however, no data available on thiscondition in undergraduate students in any of the Gulfcountries in the region. This study therefore seeks to bridgethe knowledge gap about how Mathematics anxiety influenceslearners in undergraduate Mathematics programmed in aGCC country. Researchers constructed a measurement scalecomprising two sections: where the first section addressesMathematics anxiety among undergraduate leaners in thecourse of studying mathematics and the second section relatesto the levels of anxiety exhibited by learners when takingassessments. The scale was modified from the originalMathematics Anxiety Rating Scale (MARS) model. The dataobtained was analysed using descriptive statistics and onesamplet-test at 95% level of confidence. The results suggestthat most learners exhibit high to extreme levels of anxietywhile taking Mathematics assessments, whereas they showedmoderate to low levels of Mathematics anxiety while studyingMathematics, although some of the learners did exhibitextreme anxiety levels while studying the subject.