Math anxiety is not significantly correlated with reading achievement in young children¶
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q3 i? After controlling for trait anxiety and FSIQ, math anxiety was not significantly correlated with the WIAT-II Reading Composite, Reading Comprehension, or Word Reading scores. → Wu SS 2012
Evidence¶
Wu SS 2012¶
Wu SS, Barth M, Amin H, Malcarne V and Menon V (2012) Math anxiety in second and third graders and its relation to mathematics achievement. Front. Psychology 3:162. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00162
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Correlational analyses in the 162-child sample against WIAT-II reading measures. The article also reports non-significant results for Reading Comprehension (β = −0.08, p = 0.23) and Word Reading (β = −0.11, p = 0.22), and states neither SEMA subscale correlated with the reading measures.
"After controlling for trait anxiety and FSIQ, math anxiety was not significantly correlated with the Reading Composite score [ β =− 0.09, t (126) =− 1.45, p = 0.16, R2 = 0.14]."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Academic Anxiety — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
- Affect Regulation — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- Math anxiety is significantly negatively correlated with math achievement in second and third graders, independent of trait anxiety and IQ — related
- Both SEMA subscales — numerical and situational anxiety — are equally negatively related to math achievement — related
- Math anxiety relates more strongly to Mathematical Reasoning than to Numerical Operations in second and third graders — related
- Math anxiety is not significantly correlated with trait anxiety in young children — related
- Math Reasoning is more strongly correlated with reading comprehension than Numerical Operations is, and the two math measures are highly correlated — related
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Math anxiety is not significantly correlated with reading achievement in young children |
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Math anxiety is not significantly correlated with reading achievement in young children |
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