Mathematics Anxiety and Performance among College Students: Effectiveness of Systematic Desensitization Treatment
This study examines the effectiveness of systematic desensitizationtreatment on mathematics anxiety and performance among year one collegestudents. This study employs a quasi-experimental research design. The samplefor this study is drawn based on convenience sampling. The sample consistsof 65 year...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2020
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Intellectual discourse
Year: 2020, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 99-127 |
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Summary: | This study examines the effectiveness of systematic desensitizationtreatment on mathematics anxiety and performance among year one collegestudents. This study employs a quasi-experimental research design. The samplefor this study is drawn based on convenience sampling. The sample consistsof 65 year one students of which 32 are under the experimental group andanother 33 are under to control group. The instruments used in collectingdata are The Adopt and Adapt Fennama-Sherman Mathematics Attitude Scale(MAS), Neo-Five-Factory Personality Inventory (NEO-FFI), MathematicsPerformance Test (MPTs), and The Systematic Desensitization (SD)Module. The study postulates: (1) mathematics anxious students who receivesystematic desensitization treatment would report a reduction in the level ofmathematics anxiety as compared to those mathematics anxious students whodo not receive any treatment; (2) mathematics anxious students who receivesystematic desensitization treatment would perform better as comparedto those mathematics anxious students who do not receive any treatment.Quantitative data is analysed using ANOVAs. |
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ISSN: | 2289-5639 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Intellectual discourse
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