Current trend of mathematic anxiety research and publication: a bibliometric analysis

Year 2023, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 21 - 29, 30.06.2023

Adıtya Ananta Parameswara , Imam Yuadi Nur Eva

Abstract

People often feel anxious, frustrated and have negative attitudes towards mathematics because mathematics is often considered a difficult subject because the characteristics of mathematics are abstract, logical, systematic and full of confusing symbols and formulas. There is a need to address mathematic anxiety either through therapy, modification of learning methods, and so on to. Several research and publications related to mathematic anxiety has been done. However, until now, no definite solution has been found to overcome mathematic anxiety Therefore, this study was made to find out what is the current trend on research and publications related to mathematic anxiety in the last ten years. Data for this study is gathered from Scopus. Analysis for this study was carried out using the bibliometric analysis method. Results of this study shows that Indonesia is the country with the highest number of publications related to mathematic anxiety. We also found that mathematic anxiety keyword has direct link to mathematics learning. Also, there are some topics that are less explored, for example the topic of therapy and the role of mathematics teachers which could be the focus of future research.

Keywords

Mathematic anxiety, Bibliometric analysis, Current trend

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