Children with developmental dyscalculia are twice as likely to have high mathematics anxiety as children with typical mathematics performance¶

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q3 i? 22% of children with DD had high MA versus 10% of children with typical mathematics performance, a significant difference. → Devine 2017

Evidence¶

Devine 2017¶

Devine, A., Hill, F., Carey, E., & Szűcs, D. (2017). Cognitive and Emotional Math Problems Largely Dissociate: Prevalence of Developmental Dyscalculia and Mathematics Anxiety. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000222

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Cross-sectional study of 1757 primary and secondary school children assessed with the mAMAS and MaLT tests. The frequency of high MA differed significantly between the DD and TM groups (χ2 = 14.42, p < 001; φ = .094), with "22% percent of students in the DD group had high MA" versus 10% of the TM group.

"When using a threshold of high MA at or above the 90th percentile, 10% of students with typical mathematics performance had high MA; however, 22% percent of students in the DD group had high MA."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Developmental dyscalculia prevalence was 5.6% in this UK sample, with no significant gender difference
• The majority (77%) of children with high mathematics anxiety have average or above-average mathematics performance
• MA correlates negatively with mathematics performance in the whole sample (rs = -.30) but not within the DD or DD+RD groups — related