An Investigation of Mathematics Anxiety of Primary School Teachers

Year 2016, Volume: 7 Issue: 3, 536 - 552, 12.12.2016

Ramazan Gürbüz , Kenan Yıldırım

https://doi.org/10.16949/turkbilmat.277870

Cited By: 2

Abstract

The
purpose of this study is to determine the level of mathematics anxiety in
primary school teachers in Turkey and to investigate the influence of a number
of variables over the anxiety level. 559 teachers were participated in the
study. In this study, mathematics Anxiety Scale Intended for Teachers and
Candidate Teachers (MKÖ-Ö) was used as the data collection tool. For data
analysis, "t" test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Tukey test were
applied. According to the research results, we have found that total anxiety
scores for teachers were at the “I am anxious a little” level. Also, there was
a significant difference between teachers’ anxiety level and gender variable,
and female teachers’ anxiety levels were found to be higher than male teachers.
Additionally, teachers’ anxiety levels decreased as their age and tenure
increased. According to the variable of the program of study, the anxiety
levels of teachers who graduated from primary school teaching program were
lower than the graduated teachers from other programs. Moreover, it is found
that the anxiety levels of mathematics teachers who like their job were lower
than those who do not like their job.

Keywords

Primary school teachers, level of anxiety, mathematics anxiety, job satisfaction, program of study

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