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http://dx.doi.org/10.7468/jksmee.2022.36.2.201

Development of a Tool to Measure Math Anxiety Factors for High School Students and Validation of Validity  

Kang, Yanggu (KyungHee High School)
Han, Sunyoung (Department of Mathematics Education, Sungkyunkwan University)
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Communications of Mathematical Education / v.36, no.2, 2022 , pp. 201-227 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument measuring mathematics anxiety suitable for Korean High school students. In order to achieve this study purpose, the study was conducted according to the procedure of setting components of mathematics anxiety, developing questions, and verifying validity and reliability. First, in order to set the components of mathematic anxiety, previous studies on mathematic anxiety. Through this, six factors of mathematic anxiety were derived. Next, new questions were developed for each of the six constituent factors. The 122 questions were revised and supplemented through two content validity tests, and the final instrument for mathematics anxiety consisted of 49 questions of 6 factors. Finally, to verify the validity and reliability of the measurement instrument for mathematics anxiety, a survey was conducted on 1,848 students from 16 universities in Seoul and the metropolitan area. Next, a validity analysis was conducted with the 1,645 responses, excluding students who answered that there was no mathematics anxiety. As a result of exploratory factor analysis, 15 out of 49 questions were removed. Six factors were named individual characteristics, pressure on achievement, abstraction in mathematics, teaching and learning style, parental attitudes, and cumulative mathematics subjects. As a result of confirmatory factor analysis, the model fit was found to be appropriate, and the convergence validity and discriminant validity were found to be good.
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anxiety; survey; mathematics teaching-learning; factor analysis; shadow education;
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