Open AccessInvestigation of 8th Grade Students’ Mathematics Anxiety
Author(s) -
Murat Üstaş,
Ramazan Sağ
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
uluslararası eğitim programları ve öğretim çalışmaları dergisi/uluslararası eğitim programları ve öğretim çalışmaları dergisi :
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2146-3638
pISSN - 2619-9068
DOI - 10.31704/ijocis.2021.010
Subject(s) - anxiety , phenomenology (philosophy) , psychology , dimension (graph theory) , mathematics education , mathematical anxiety , theme (computing) , developmental psychology , social psychology , clinical psychology , mathematics , epistemology , computer science , psychiatry , pure mathematics , philosophy , operating system
The aim of this research study is to determine how students define their anxiety about learning mathematics, to determine the symptoms of anxiety and to define how anxiety occurs. The phenomenology research design was used in the study. A semi-structured interview form was used as a data collection tool in the research. The data were analyzed through the content analysis. The study group of the research consists of four male and four female 8th graders in two public secondary schools in Uluborlu district of Isparta. According to the results, students predominantly defined mathematics anxiety as frightening/scary. Also, students identified the symptoms of mathematics anxiety mostly as the theme of physical/physical symptoms. Students stated that sociological, psychological and philosophical dimensions were effective in the emergence of mathematical anxiety. Some students expressed common views on the sociological dimension-psychological and psychological-philosophical dimension. The effects of mathematics anxiety have been examined under two titles as the effects related to the psychological and sociological dimensions. While the effects related to the psychological dimension are discussed in terms of course achievement and effects on themselves, the effects related to the sociological dimension are discussed in terms of their effects on their relationship with their family and friends.