Mathematics anxiety and the communication student
by Tran, Thu Van T., M.A., HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, 2007, 80 pages; 1459169

Abstract:

Building upon a study conducted by Standing (2006), undergraduates (N = 101) and graduates (N = 84) at Hawai'i Pacific University, an independent, post secondary university with a liberal arts foundation, enrolled in the College of Communication were given a survey that included the D'Amore Test, a 10 item test from the curriculum of third graders from 1932, and the Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale – Short Version (MARS-S), a 30 item questionnaire used to rate mathematics anxiety. Only 25% of the undergraduate participants passed the test by answering all 10 of the questions correctly, and from the graduate participants, only 21% passed. The mean D'Amore Test score for undergraduates was 8.35 with a standard deviation of 1.658 and for graduates, 8.19 with a standard deviation of 1.718. MARS-S percentiles indicated that 54% of the undergraduates and 52% of the graduates had high mathematics anxiety (a raw score of 75 or higher). A moderate inverse relationship was found to exist between D'Amore Test scores and MARS-S percentiles with significant statistical association, which indicates that a participant with a low D'Amore Test score might have a high MARS-S percentile.

 
AdviserJohn M. Barnum
SchoolHAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
SourceMAI/ 47-02, p. , Dec 2008
Source TypeThesis
SubjectsMathematics education; Educational psychology; Psychology; Mass communication
Publication Number1459169
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