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Student Attitude, Student Understanding and Mathematics Anxiety

conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-23, 05:01 authored by Jennison, MH, Kim Beswick
This paper reports on two of ten themes that emerged from a study of the impacts of a fraction teaching intervention on the mathematics anxiety and fraction competence of eight Year 8 students. The themes arose from multiple data sources and relate to Student Attitude and Student Understanding. The students identified practical, hands-on activities and group work as impacting positively on their understanding and their confidence in relation to fractions. The influence of improved understanding and confidence was also recorded as positively affecting student attitudes to fractions in particular and mathematics in general. The study highlights the connections between mathematics anxiety among middle school students and their existing understandings of and attitudes towards mathematics.

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Publication title

Shaping the future of mathematics education : proceedings of the 33rd annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia

Editors

Sparrow L, Kissane B & Hurst C

Pagination

280-288

ISBN

978-1-920846-25-1

Department/School

Faculty of Education

Publisher

Procopy

Place of publication

Australia

Event title

MERGA

Event Venue

Fremantle, Western Australia

Date of Event (Start Date)

2010-07-03

Date of Event (End Date)

2010-07-07

Rights statement

Copyright 2010 MERGA Inc.

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Learner and learning not elsewhere classified

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