Research Article

An Investigation of Elementary School Students’ Anxiety Levels Toward Mathematics and Their Perceptions of Self-Efficacy

Volume: 49 Number: 2 October 28, 2020
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An Investigation of Elementary School Students’ Anxiety Levels Toward Mathematics and Their Perceptions of Self-Efficacy

Abstract

The main purpose of this research was to investigate the correlations between the elementary school 4th grade students’ anxiety levels toward mathematics and their self-efficacy perceptions. This study was designed as a correlational survey model. The sample of the research consisted of 193 students who were selected through convenience sampling method among 4th grade students attending four elementary schools in Pozantı county of Adana province. In this study, “Modified Fennema-Sherman Mathematics Attitude Scale-Elementary School” adapted by Lim and Chapman (2013) and translated into Turkish by Hacıömeroğlu and Kutluca (2016) and “Mathematics Self-efficacy Source Scale” developed by Usher and Pajares (2009) and adapted into Turkish by Özkan (2019) were used as the data collection tools. The results of the research showed that the anxiety levels of the students were low, mathematics self-efficacy perceptions of the students were high and there was not a significant difference between these two variables and the genders of the students. Moreover, it was determined that there was a moderately negative correlation between math anxiety and mathematics self-efficacy and mathematics self-efficacy was the predictor of math anxiety. The results of the research were evaluated in line with the studies in the related literature.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Studies on Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

October 28, 2020

Submission Date

May 7, 2020

Acceptance Date

September 4, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 49 Number: 2

APA
Türkmenoğlu, M., & Yurtal, F. (2020). An Investigation of Elementary School Students’ Anxiety Levels Toward Mathematics and Their Perceptions of Self-Efficacy. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 49(2), 628-650. https://doi.org/10.14812/cuefd.733968
AMA
1.Türkmenoğlu M, Yurtal F. An Investigation of Elementary School Students’ Anxiety Levels Toward Mathematics and Their Perceptions of Self-Efficacy. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi. 2020;49(2):628-650. doi:10.14812/cuefd.733968
Chicago
Türkmenoğlu, Mustafa, and Filiz Yurtal. 2020. “An Investigation of Elementary School Students’ Anxiety Levels Toward Mathematics and Their Perceptions of Self-Efficacy”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 49 (2): 628-50. https://doi.org/10.14812/cuefd.733968.
EndNote
Türkmenoğlu M, Yurtal F (October 1, 2020) An Investigation of Elementary School Students’ Anxiety Levels Toward Mathematics and Their Perceptions of Self-Efficacy. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 49 2 628–650.
IEEE
[1]M. Türkmenoğlu and F. Yurtal, “An Investigation of Elementary School Students’ Anxiety Levels Toward Mathematics and Their Perceptions of Self-Efficacy”, Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 628–650, Oct. 2020, doi: 10.14812/cuefd.733968.
ISNAD
Türkmenoğlu, Mustafa - Yurtal, Filiz. “An Investigation of Elementary School Students’ Anxiety Levels Toward Mathematics and Their Perceptions of Self-Efficacy”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 49/2 (October 1, 2020): 628-650. https://doi.org/10.14812/cuefd.733968.
JAMA
1.Türkmenoğlu M, Yurtal F. An Investigation of Elementary School Students’ Anxiety Levels Toward Mathematics and Their Perceptions of Self-Efficacy. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi. 2020;49:628–650.
MLA
Türkmenoğlu, Mustafa, and Filiz Yurtal. “An Investigation of Elementary School Students’ Anxiety Levels Toward Mathematics and Their Perceptions of Self-Efficacy”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 49, no. 2, Oct. 2020, pp. 628-50, doi:10.14812/cuefd.733968.
Vancouver
1.Mustafa Türkmenoğlu, Filiz Yurtal. An Investigation of Elementary School Students’ Anxiety Levels Toward Mathematics and Their Perceptions of Self-Efficacy. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi. 2020 Oct. 1;49(2):628-50. doi:10.14812/cuefd.733968

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