Open AccessDIFFERENCES IN MATHEMATICS ANXIETY AND MATHEMATICS CONNECTION ABILITY IN GENDER PERSPECTIVE
Author(s) -
Mira Nofita Sari,
Elda Herlina,
Ummul Huda
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
agenda
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2723-3278
DOI - 10.31958/agenda.v3i1.2609
Subject(s) - mathematical anxiety , connection (principal bundle) , anxiety , perspective (graphical) , psychology , test anxiety , mathematics education , variance (accounting) , developmental psychology , analysis of variance , mathematics , statistics , geometry , accounting , psychiatry , business
This research is a comparative study with quantitative methods. This study aims to: 1) find out whether there are differences in mathematical connection abilities between male and female students, 2) find out whether there are differences in math anxiety between male and female students, 3) find out whether there is an interaction between math anxiety and gender with mathematical connection ability. Data were obtained from anxiety questionnaire sheets and mathematical connection ability tests. Then it was analyzed by two-way analysis of variance and the Mann-Whitney test. The results show that: 1) There is no difference in mathematical connection ability between male and female students, 2) There is a difference in math anxiety between male and female students, 3) There is no interaction between math anxiety and gender on mathematical connection ability.