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- Conference Session
- Mathematics Division Technical Session 2
- Collection
- 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
- Authors
- Gustavo Moran, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University
- Tagged Topics
- Diversity
- Tagged Divisions
- Mathematics
-concepts of math ability are also examined 10,14. According toBandura16, math anxiety has an inverse relation to self-efficacy levels. Thus, increasing mathself-efficacy may decrease students’ feelings of anxiety when they perform math activities 17.There is some ambiguity concerning the possible effects of math anxiety on students, and thisambiguity is normally generated by the different ways by which math anxiety is measured. Forexample, including survey items and questions that could combine students’ perceptions of theirmath abilities with their feelings about performing math tasks can create ambiguity 13. If mathanxiety is not established and measured as an independent factor, developing a conclusion aboutits effects on students’ behavior and
- Conference Session
- Mathematics Division Technical Session 2
- Collection
- 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
- Authors
- Aimee Cloutier, Texas Tech University; Jerry Dwyer, George Washington University; Sonya E. Sherrod, Texas Tech University
- Tagged Topics
- Diversity
- Tagged Divisions
- Mathematics
than those for science andengineering—three of the five students indicated a positive change on items pertaining to aninterest in mathematics on at least three survey items, and two students indicated a positivechange in interest toward subject areas and jobs associated with mathematics. There are severalfactors which may have contributed to more positive responses to mathematics questions. First,the questions contained in the “Student Attitudes” section of the survey were designed tomeasure self-efficacy, interest, and usefulness of a particular area of STEM toward their futures.In the mathematics section, all eight survey items assessed self-efficacy. In the science section,five survey items assessed self-efficacy, and three survey items