Title

Mathematics Anxiety And Mathematics Teacher Efficacy In Elementary Pre-Service Teachers

Keywords

Elementary education; Mathematics anxiety; Mathematics teacher efficacy; Pre-service teachers

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between mathematics anxiety and mathematics teacher efficacy among 156 elementary pre-service teachers from a university in the southeastern United States. Data sources included the Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale (MARS), Mathematics Teaching Efficacy Beliefs Instrument, and pre-service teacher interviews. Findings revealed a significant, negative relationship between mathematics anxiety and mathematics teachers' efficacy (r = -.475, p < .05). Specifically, the pre-service teachers with the lowest degree of mathematics anxiety had the highest levels of mathematics teacher efficacy. Interviews with pre-service teachers indicated that their mathematics anxiety is associated with efficaciousness toward mathematics teaching practices and is the basis for their mathematics teaching efficacy beliefs.

Publication Date

9-1-2008

Publication Title

Teaching Education

Volume

19

Issue

3

Number of Pages

171-184

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/10476210802250133

Socpus ID

48449095923 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/48449095923

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