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

Keywords

Mathematics anxiety; Problem-solving efficiency; Self-efficacy

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. © 2010 Elsevier Inc.

Publication Date

6-1-2010

Publication Title

Learning and Individual Differences

Volume

20

Issue

3

Number of Pages

276-283

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2010.02.001

Socpus ID

77952740799 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/77952740799

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