Title
"I think I can, but I'm afraid to try": The role of self-efficacy beliefs and mathematics anxiety in mathematics problem-solving efficiency
Abbreviated Journal Title
Learn. Individ. Differ.
Keywords
Self-efficacy; Mathematics anxiety; Problem-solving efficiency; WORKING-MEMORY CAPACITY; MATH ANXIETY; GENDER-DIFFERENCES; INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; SCHOOL-STUDENTS; SEX-DIFFERENCES; PATH-ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLICATION; ACHIEVEMENT; Psychology, Educational
Abstract
This study investigated the role of self-efficacy beliefs, mathematics anxiety, and working memory capacity in problem-solving accuracy, response time, and efficiency (the ratio of problem-solving accuracy to response time). Pre-service teachers completed a mathematics anxiety inventory measuring cognitive and affective dispositions for mathematics, before completing an operation span task to measure working memory capacity, rating self-efficacy for mental multiplication, and then solved computer-based multiplication problems at two complexity levels. A simultaneous regression design was used to assess the unique variance associated with each variable. There were two new findings: the differential role of self-efficacy on response time and efficiency, and the potential compensatory relationship between self-efficacy and mathematics anxiety related to efficiency outcomes. Educational implications and suggestions for future research were proposed. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Journal Title
Learning and Individual Differences
Volume
20
Issue/Number
3
Publication Date
1-1-2010
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
276
Last Page
283
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1041-6080
Recommended Citation
""I think I can, but I'm afraid to try": The role of self-efficacy beliefs and mathematics anxiety in mathematics problem-solving efficiency" (2010). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 253.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/253
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