The influences of math anxiety and math attitudes towards math achievement among cognitive science student of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

The aim of this research is to examine the mathematic anxiety and mathematic attitudes towards mathematic achievement. About 150 students of Cognitive Science in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak were chosen to contribute in this research. The instrument used in this research the questionnaire proposed...

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Main Author: Siti Noormaizhatul Hasnidah, binti Osman
Format: Final Year Project Report / IMRAD
Language:English
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Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2015
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description The aim of this research is to examine the mathematic anxiety and mathematic attitudes towards mathematic achievement. About 150 students of Cognitive Science in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak were chosen to contribute in this research. The instrument used in this research the questionnaire proposed by Martha Tapia (1996) for mathematic attitudes and the mathematics anxiety by Wigfield and Meece (1998). The distribution of this instrument was done by using simple random sampling technique. The questionnaire consisted of several items, which are demographic, math anxiety component and math attitudes component. This research also used several statistical analysis methods, which were, t-test, ANOVA test, Pearson Correlation and Multiple Regression test. The main finding of this research showed there is a significant relationship of math anxiety and math achievement and also there is a significant relationship between math attitudes and math achievement and the math attitudes is the biggest factor that contributes to student math achievement.
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spelling unimas-122032024-01-30T07:01:16Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12203/ The influences of math anxiety and math attitudes towards math achievement among cognitive science student of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Siti Noormaizhatul Hasnidah, binti Osman H Social Sciences (General) QA Mathematics The aim of this research is to examine the mathematic anxiety and mathematic attitudes towards mathematic achievement. About 150 students of Cognitive Science in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak were chosen to contribute in this research. The instrument used in this research the questionnaire proposed by Martha Tapia (1996) for mathematic attitudes and the mathematics anxiety by Wigfield and Meece (1998). The distribution of this instrument was done by using simple random sampling technique. The questionnaire consisted of several items, which are demographic, math anxiety component and math attitudes component. This research also used several statistical analysis methods, which were, t-test, ANOVA test, Pearson Correlation and Multiple Regression test. The main finding of this research showed there is a significant relationship of math anxiety and math achievement and also there is a significant relationship between math attitudes and math achievement and the math attitudes is the biggest factor that contributes to student math achievement. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2015 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12203/1/Siti%20Noormaizhatul%20%2824pgs%29.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12203/4/Siti%20Noormaizhatul%20%28fulltext%29.pdf Siti Noormaizhatul Hasnidah, binti Osman (2015) The influences of math anxiety and math attitudes towards math achievement among cognitive science student of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
QA Mathematics
Siti Noormaizhatul Hasnidah, binti Osman
The influences of math anxiety and math attitudes towards math achievement among cognitive science student of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
title The influences of math anxiety and math attitudes towards math achievement among cognitive science student of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
title_full The influences of math anxiety and math attitudes towards math achievement among cognitive science student of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
title_fullStr The influences of math anxiety and math attitudes towards math achievement among cognitive science student of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
title_full_unstemmed The influences of math anxiety and math attitudes towards math achievement among cognitive science student of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
title_short The influences of math anxiety and math attitudes towards math achievement among cognitive science student of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
title_sort influences of math anxiety and math attitudes towards math achievement among cognitive science student of universiti malaysia sarawak
topic H Social Sciences (General)
QA Mathematics
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