Research Article

A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Attitude toward Mathematics and Mathematics Anxiety: The Sample of Turkey

Volume: 12 Number: 3 December 15, 2022
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A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Attitude toward Mathematics and Mathematics Anxiety: The Sample of Turkey

Abstract

This study aims to obtain a more comprehensive result for the studies examining the relationship between attitude toward mathematics and mathematics anxiety in Turkey. To this end, this study employed the meta-analysis method, and the results of the independent studies were combined statistically. A meta-analysis was conducted with 19 studies according to the inclusion criteria, and 21 effect-size values were calculated for these 19 different studies. The study revealed that the total sample size of the studies included in the meta-analysis was 8874. In the study, the mean effect size of the relationship between attitude toward mathematics and mathematics anxiety was -.566. This value obtained according to Fisher z corresponded to approximately -.512 when converted to the Pearson r value. This effect size indicated a high-level negative relationship between attitude toward mathematics and mathematics anxiety. The moderator analysis demonstrated that while the effect sizes did not differ in terms of school level, publication type, publication year, and sample size variables, they differed in terms of the research region variable.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Other Fields of Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 15, 2022

Submission Date

September 5, 2021

Acceptance Date

June 1, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 12 Number: 3

APA
Geçici, M. E., & Bayırlı, H. (2022). A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Attitude toward Mathematics and Mathematics Anxiety: The Sample of Turkey. Sakarya University Journal of Education, 12(3), 498-521. https://doi.org/10.19126/suje.991451
AMA
1.Geçici ME, Bayırlı H. A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Attitude toward Mathematics and Mathematics Anxiety: The Sample of Turkey. SUJE. 2022;12(3):498-521. doi:10.19126/suje.991451
Chicago
Geçici, Mehmet Ertürk, and Hakan Bayırlı. 2022. “A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship Between Attitude Toward Mathematics and Mathematics Anxiety: The Sample of Turkey”. Sakarya University Journal of Education 12 (3): 498-521. https://doi.org/10.19126/suje.991451.
EndNote
Geçici ME, Bayırlı H (December 1, 2022) A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Attitude toward Mathematics and Mathematics Anxiety: The Sample of Turkey. Sakarya University Journal of Education 12 3 498–521.
IEEE
[1]M. E. Geçici and H. Bayırlı, “A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Attitude toward Mathematics and Mathematics Anxiety: The Sample of Turkey”, SUJE, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 498–521, Dec. 2022, doi: 10.19126/suje.991451.
ISNAD
Geçici, Mehmet Ertürk - Bayırlı, Hakan. “A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship Between Attitude Toward Mathematics and Mathematics Anxiety: The Sample of Turkey”. Sakarya University Journal of Education 12/3 (December 1, 2022): 498-521. https://doi.org/10.19126/suje.991451.
JAMA
1.Geçici ME, Bayırlı H. A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Attitude toward Mathematics and Mathematics Anxiety: The Sample of Turkey. SUJE. 2022;12:498–521.
MLA
Geçici, Mehmet Ertürk, and Hakan Bayırlı. “A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship Between Attitude Toward Mathematics and Mathematics Anxiety: The Sample of Turkey”. Sakarya University Journal of Education, vol. 12, no. 3, Dec. 2022, pp. 498-21, doi:10.19126/suje.991451.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Ertürk Geçici, Hakan Bayırlı. A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Attitude toward Mathematics and Mathematics Anxiety: The Sample of Turkey. SUJE. 2022 Dec. 1;12(3):498-521. doi:10.19126/suje.991451

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