Exploring the nature of math anxiety in young children: Intensity, prevalence, reasons

M Szczygieł, B Pieronkiewicz - Mathematical Thinking and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
According to previous findings, math anxiety already occurs at early school age and is
negatively correlated with math achievement. So far, however, little is known about the …

[HTML][HTML] General academic anxiety and math anxiety in primary school. The impact of math anxiety on calculation skills

E Commodari, VL La Rosa - Acta psychologica, 2021 - Elsevier
Some academic subjects, such as math, produce negative feelings, influencing
achievement. Math anxiety interferes with processing math-related or number-related …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of parents' mathematics anxiety and home numeracy activities on young children's math performance-anxiety relationship

B Guzmán, C Rodríguez, RA Ferreira - Contemporary Educational …, 2023 - Elsevier
A negative correlation between mathematics performance and mathematics anxiety (MA)
has been identified in students of varying ages. However, little is known as to whether this …

[HTML][HTML] Social determinants of mathematics and science achievement in historical context

B Csapó - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Sputnik shock in the USA and the re-unification in Germany initiated waves of
comparative studies in education.•Social context of development strongly influences …

Home numeracy and preschool children's mathematical development: Expanding home numeracy models to include parental attitudes and emotions

A Dowker - Frontiers in Education, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Most studies suggest that home numeracy is correlated with preschool children's current
mathematical performance, and also predicts their mathematical performance longitudinally …

[HTML][HTML] Math anxiety and math achievement in primary school children: Longitudinal relationship and predictors

M Szczygieł, D Szűcs, E Toffalini - Learning and Instruction, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Math anxiety (MA) and math achievement (MATH) are related, but the direction
of their relationship and their predictors are still unclear. Aims We tested whether MATH …

[HTML][HTML] Associations among parents' math anxiety, math-related leisure activities, children's early numeracy interest and skills

SK Cheung, C McBride, DJ Purpura, APL Ho… - Learning And Individual …, 2025 - Elsevier
Parents play a pivotal role in early numeracy development. It however remains unknown
whether parents' math anxiety and math-related leisure activities concurrently contribute to …

A pilot math anxiety storybook approach to normalize math talk in children and to support emotion regulation

D Petronzi, G Schalkwyk, R Petronzi - Journal of Research in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Research and education stakeholders in the United Kingdom (UK) acknowledge math
anxiety as a detriment to learning math and associated with performance deficits, avoidance …

[HTML][HTML] The relationship between math anxiety and math achievement in young children is mediated through working memory, not by number sense, and it is not …

M Szczygieł - Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2021 - Elsevier
Math anxiety is considered a predictor of math achievement, although the cognitive
mechanism whereby math anxiety impairs math achievement is unclear. The paper presents …

[PDF][PDF] How to measure math anxiety in young children? Psychometric properties of the modified Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale for Elementary Children (mAMAS-E)

M Szczygieł - Polish Psychological Bulletin, 2019 - cejsh.icm.edu.pl
Starting in the early years of education, math anxiety is negatively related to mathematic
outcomes, therefore there is a need for its adequate measurement in young children. This …