The prevalent direction of the Grade 3 anxiety-performance link runs from math anxiety to performance, not the reverse¶
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q3 i? Directionality analyses of the Grade 3 anxiety-performance link favour a path from math anxiety to math performance over the reverse path. → Cargnelutti 2017
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Cargnelutti 2017¶
Cargnelutti, E., Tomasetto, C., Passolunghi, M.C. (2017). How is anxiety related to math performance in young students? A longitudinal study of Grade 2 to Grade 3 children. COGNITION & EMOTION, 31(4), 755-764. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2016.1147421
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The study inspected the prevalent directionality of the anxiety-performance link in Grade 3 children. The article reports "a prevalent direction from math anxiety to performance, rather than the reverse"; no effect size or test statistic is printed in the available text.
"Results revealed that this link was significant in Grade 3, with a prevalent direction from math anxiety to performance, rather than the reverse."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Academic Anxiety — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
- Achievement Emotions — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
- Affect Regulation — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- Math anxiety in Grade 2 shows an indirect effect on subsequent math performance in Grade 3 — related
- Math anxiety arises and relates to math performance already in early primary school (Grades 2-3) — related
- The association between math anxiety and math performance is significant in Grade 3 after accounting for general anxiety — related
- Enjoyment correlates positively (r = .31), and boredom, mathematics anxiety and test anxiety negatively (r = −.23 to −.28), with mathematics achievement — related
- Math anxiety's direct effect on math performance emerges in grade 4 but not grade 3, suggesting a developmental trajectory — reports the opposite
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The prevalent direction of the Grade 3 anxiety-performance link runs from math anxiety to performance, not the reverse |
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The prevalent direction of the Grade 3 anxiety-performance link runs from math anxiety to performance, not the reverse |
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