학년 및 성별에 따른 초등학생의 수학불안 요인 분석

An Analysis of the Causes of Mathematics Anxiety in the Elementary School Students According to the Grades and Sex

학생들이 수학학습을 하는데 있어서 경험하게 되는 여러 가지 부정적인 경험과 정서들은 학년이 올라감에 따라 학생들의 수학불안의 요인이 되며, 이러한 수학불안은 효과적인 수학성취도에 부정적인 영향을 미친다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 초등학교 학생들의 수학불안 요인을 수학교과 요인, 학습자 태도 요인, 교사 요인, 환경요인의 4개 영역으로 나누어 분석한 후, 수학불안 요인들이 학년 및 성별 간에 차이를 보이는지에 대해 살펴보고자 한다. 또한 수학불안 요인들은 수학성취도와 어떠한 관계가 있는지 알아보고자 한다. 그리하여 초등학생의 수학불안 요인 처치의 중요성을 인식하고 그 방안을 모색하는데 도움을 주고자 한다.

The purposes of this study are to find out differences of the causes of mathematics anxiety in elementary school students according to the Grades and sex, and to find out which causes have more influence on achievement of mathematics and how much it is. For this purposes, the problems of this study are defined as follows: First, are there any differences in the influences of each super-causes and sub-causes of mathematics anxiety according to the Grades? Second, are there any differences in the influences of each super-causes and sub-causes of mathematics anxiety according to the sex? Third, what relation do the super-causes of mathematics anxiety have to the achievement of mathematics? The conclusions of this study are as follows: First, mathematics anxiety is much more affected by the internal cause like the cause of student attitude than the external cause like the causes of circumstance and the cause of teacher. Second. mathematics anxiety is much more affected by a direct experience like the causes of a shortage of time and the causes of student interest than indirect experience like the causes of teacher's authority and the causes of the application of daily life. Third, the causes of circumstance and parent's attitude. its sub-cause, have greater influence on the female group than on the male group. Fourth, in the middle Gradess, the female group is more affected by the cause of student attitude and the cause of circumstance than the male group, but in the higher Grades. the differences disappear and those two become common causes of anxiety. Fifth, As the students go up to the next Grades in school, the cause of teacher, the characteristic of the curriculum and the cause of prejudice have more influence on the mathematics anxiety. Sixth, the causes of teacher, the causes of mathematical curriculum and the causes of student attitude among super-causes of mathematics anxiety have a negative effect on the achievement of mathematics. But the causes of circumstance have a positive effect on it. And also, the causes of mathematical curriculum among super-causes is much related to the causes of teacher and the causes of circumstance.