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http://dx.doi.org/10.7468/jksmec.2018.21.2.223

Elementary Students' Mathematics Anxiety: A Review  

Kim, Rina (Seoul Mogun Elementary School)
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Education of Primary School Mathematics / v.21, no.2, 2018 , pp. 223-235 More about this Journal
Abstract
This literature review focuses on the history of research on elementary students' mathematics anxiety. The results of analysis shows the characteristics, measurement tools, causes and the treatments of mathematics anxiety. The purpose of this study is to provide analytical views of elementary students' mathematics anxiety to teachers, researchers and policymakers. I categorize the results of analysis according to the key words of literatures: (1) the relationship between mathematics anxiety and students' behavior (2) measurements of mathematics anxiety (3) the causes of mathematics anxiety and (4) the treatment of mathematics anxiety.
Keywords
Mathematics Anxiety; Mathematics Attitudes; Mathematics Confidence; Mathematics Interesting;
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