Math anxiety explained variance in posttest monitoring judgments beyond trait anxiety, supporting its distinctness from general anxiety¶

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q3 i? Math anxiety remained a significant negative predictor of monitoring judgments on all three posttest problems above and beyond trait anxiety. → Scheibe 2022

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Scheibe 2022¶

Scheibe, D. A., Fitzsimmons, C. J., Mielicki, M. K., Taber, J. M., Sidney, P. G., Coifman, K., & Thompson, C. A. (2022). Confidence in COVID problem solving: What factors predict adults’ item-level metacognitive judgments on health-related math problems before and after an educational intervention? Metacognition and Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-022-09300-3

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Hierarchical linear regressions on posttest monitoring judgments controlling for gender, condition, pretest judgments, and trait anxiety. Adding math anxiety improved fit on all three posttest problems (all ΔR2 = 0.01); "β’s between -0.08 and 0.10; all p’s < 0.01".

"math anxiety remained a significant predictor of monitoring judgments (β’s between -0.08 and 0.10; all p’s < 0.01) above and beyond trait anxiety"

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