Song, C.S. orcid.org/0000-0001-7804-3316, Xu, C. orcid.org/0000-0002-6702-3958, Maloney, E.A. et al. (7 more authors) (2021) Longitudinal relations between young students’ feelings about mathematics and arithmetic performance. Cognitive Development, 59. 101078. ISSN 0885-2014
Abstract
Math anxiety is a common correlate of math performance for adults. Research on young children's emotional reactions to math is limited, but critical for determining how math anxiety develops. Students (N = 244) completed math measures (i.e., number comparison, arithmetic fluency, and math problem solving) and math anxiety assessments twice, in grade 2 (Mage = 7.10) and a year later in grade 3. Math anxiety was significantly related to arithmetic fluency, but not to others. Longitudinally, arithmetic fluency in grade 2 predicted the change in math anxiety from grades 2 to 3, but not vice versa. The growth in math anxiety was related to arithmetic fluency for students with higher working memory scores, but this moderation effect of working memory was not significant after a multiple-comparisons correction. In sum, these findings are consistent with the view that math anxiety develops in some children in response to their experiences with mathematics.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Cognitive Development. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Math anxiety; Working memory; Children; Arithmetic; Cross-lagged analyses; Feelings about mathematics |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 07 Dec 2023 12:49 |
Last Modified: | 07 Dec 2023 16:10 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.cogdev.2021.101078 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:206218 |