Mathematics · Level 2 · Intermediate
Math Anxiety Is Related to Some, but Not All, Experiences with Math
O'Leary K, Fitzpatrick CL, Hallett D (2017). Frontiers in Psychology. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02067 · CC BY 4.0
Step 1 of 2Read the paper
Which school experiences with maths go along with feeling anxious about maths? The authors surveyed 131 university students about support, teaching methods, life events and marks in elementary, junior high and high school, and measured maths anxiety alongside test anxiety and general anxiety so they could control for them.
How to read it
- The end of the Introduction ("The current study") lists the four themes and the hypotheses.
- In Methods, note why test anxiety and general anxiety were measured, and how the questionnaire was built.
- Table 3 compares plain correlations with correlations after controlling for general and test anxiety.
- Read "Limitations and future directions" closely: it explains what the correlational design cannot show.
Step 2 of 2Take the test
15 questions · about 40 minutes including reading · pick an answer to see straight away if it’s right. Nothing is saved.
Loading progress…
Paper: O'Leary K, Fitzpatrick CL, Hallett D, Frontiers in Psychology (2017), licensed CC BY 4.0. Summary and questions are Research Nest’s own; read the original for the full study.