Mathematics Anxiety among Sixth and Seventh Grade Turkish Elementary School Students

AbstractThe purpose of the study is to investigate relationship between math anxiety and gender, grade, perceived enjoyment of mathematics, perceived appreciation of mathematics teacher, type of school, parent's education, number of siblings, and mathematics achievement. Participants were sixth (n = 120) and seventh (n = 124) grade students selected using convenience sampling from two different schools in Fethiye. Significant differences were found between mathematics anxiety and perceived enjoyment of mathematics, perceived appreciation of mathematics teacher, and mathematics achievement. Female students obtained lower anxiety scores than male students. Students who like their mathematics teachers had significantly lower mathematics anxiety