The Investigation of Relationship Between Self-Esteem and Mathematics Anxiety in Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Grade Elemantary School Students
Abstract
In this study, it was aimed to find out the association between elementary school students’ self-esteem in 6th, 7th, 8th grades and their mathematics anxiety. The research was carried out between the years 2009-2010 on 6th, 7th, 8th grade students in Çumra district of Konya City. 421 students, 201 female and 220 male participated in the study. Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale Elementary Form that was prepared by Suinn (1988) and later adapted to Turkish by Baloğlu and Balgamış (2010) was used as the instrument to measure students’ anxiety and Piers Haris Self-Concept Scale for Children was used to measure students’ self-esteem. The data were analyzed by means of t test and one-way analysis of variance. A Tukey technique was used to discover the source of differentiation. The correlation technique was used to find the association between students’ self-esteem and their mathematics anxiety scores. The findings of the study are as follows; No significant association was found between students’ gender and self-esteem and between students’ grades and their mathematics anxiety. Female students’ mathematics anxiety level was found higher than male students’ mathematics anxiety. It was found that Students in grades 6 and 7 had higher self-esteem than students in grade 8. Negative significant association was found between students’ mathematics anxiety and their selfesteem
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