Children with MLD report higher learning mathematics anxiety than LA, TA, and HA peers, but not higher evaluation anxiety¶

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Evidence · 2 studies · 2 associational r2 · q3 · i2 medium
Currency · newest study 2015 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i2 ANCOVA on learning mathematics anxiety showed a group effect approaching significance (F(3,90) = 2.67, p = .05, ηp2 = .08), with the MLD group (M = 1.97) significantly higher than LA (M = 1.66), TA (M = 1.55), and HA (M = 1.54) groups. → Lai Y 2015 q3 i? No group differences emerged in mathematical evaluation anxiety (MEA), indicating MLD children's elevated anxiety concerns the learning process rather than evaluation. → Lai Y 2015 (2)

Evidence¶

Lai Y 2015¶

Lai Y, Zhu X, Chen Y, Li Y (2015) Effects of Mathematics Anxiety and Mathematical Metacognition on Word Problem Solving in Children with and without Mathematical Learning Difficulties. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0130570. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130570

q3 · i2 · associational · r2

ANCOVA with IQ as covariate across the four achievement groups; the main effect was "approaching significance, F(3,90) = 2.67, p = .05". Other groups did not differ from each other (ps > .05). With the full TA group the effect was significant (F(3, 211) = 3.10, p < .05, ηp2 = .04).

"On average, the MLD group ( M = 1.97) showed significantly higher LMA scores than did the LA group (M = 1.66, p = .018), the TA group ( M = 1.55, p = .009), and the HA groups (M = 1.54, p = .015)."

Lai Y 2015 (2)¶

Lai Y, Zhu X, Chen Y, Li Y (2015) Effects of Mathematics Anxiety and Mathematical Metacognition on Word Problem Solving in Children with and without Mathematical Learning Difficulties. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0130570. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130570

q3 · i? · associational · r2

The abstract and results report that MLD children scored higher in learning mathematics anxiety "but not in mathematical evaluation anxiety (MEA)"; no test statistic for the MEA group comparison is printed in the text provided.

"The data also point to the conclusion that MLD children might feel more nervous and anxious due to the process of learning mathematics rather than due to other people’s evaluations of them."

Discussion¶

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