دورية أكاديمية
Curvilinear Relationships between Statistics Anxiety and Performance among Undergraduate Students: Evidence for Optimal Anxiety
| العنوان: | Curvilinear Relationships between Statistics Anxiety and Performance among Undergraduate Students: Evidence for Optimal Anxiety |
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| اللغة: | English |
| المؤلفون: | Keeley, Jar, Zayac, Ryan, Correia, Christopher |
| المصدر: | Statistics Education Research Journal. May 2008 7(1):4-15. |
| الإتاحة: | International Association for Statistics Education and the International Statistical Institute. PO Box 24070, 2490 AB The Hague, The Netherlands. Tel: +31-70-3375737; Fax: +31-70-3860025; e-mail: isi@cbs.nl; Web site: http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/serj |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| وصف مادي: | |
| Page Count: | 12 |
| تاريخ النشر: | 2008 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education |
| Descriptors: | Classroom Techniques, Undergraduate Students, Introductory Courses, Statistics, Anxiety, Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Instruction, Correlation, Predictor Variables, Mathematics Achievement |
| تدمد: | 1570-1824 |
| مستخلص: | This study examined the possibility of a curvilinear relationship between statistics anxiety and performance in a statistics course. Eighty-three undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory course completed measures of statistics anxiety and need for achievement at seven points during the semester in conjunction with six tests. Statistics anxiety scores were reliable internally and across time. Statistics anxiety decreased during the term yet paradoxically became more strongly related to performance. Curvilinear models were better predictors of test performance than linear, suggesting a mid-range optimal level of statistics anxiety. However, students' need for achievement proved not to mediate the relationship between anxiety and performance. The authors suggest ways these findings may influence future research in statistics anxiety and classroom management of anxiety. (Contains 3 figures and 2 tables.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 30 |
| Entry Date: | 2009 |
| URL الوصول: | http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/serj/SERJ7(1)_Keeley.pdf |
| رقم الأكسشن: | EJ839971 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | ERIC |
| تدمد: | 1570-1824 |
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