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http://dx.doi.org/10.7468/jksmee.2021.35.3.233

Development of Mathematics Anxiety Scale for Middle School Students & its Validity  

Ok, Bo-myoung (Dankook University)
Lee, Chang Yeon (Dankook University)
Ryoo, Byeong Kook (Dankook University)
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Communications of Mathematical Education / v.35, no.3, 2021 , pp. 233-255 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to develop math anxiety scale for middle school students for planning and implementing math anxiety treatment programs. In this study, we describe the process of developing and validating math anxiety scale for middle school students and detailing exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis to verify construct validity. As a result of the study, we developed the Math Anxiety Scale for Middle School Students (MASS-M) of 30 items with four factors: mathematical curriculum content, mathematical attitude, mathematical test, and environment. As a math anxiety factor for middle school students, MASS-M was developed, which includes mathematical anxiety factors such as mathematical test factor and environmental factor, especially mathematical curriculum content factor describing mathematical treatment, and mathematical attitude factor describing psychological treatment. MASS-M, derived from this study, is a standardized scale for measuring math anxiety in middle school students and is expected to serve as the basis for maintaining consistency in research on math anxiety in middle school students and developing programs to treat math anxiety in middle school students.
Keywords
mathematics anxiety; mathematics anxiety factor; mathematics anxiety scale; reliability; validity;
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