Maths Anxiety in Psychology Undergraduates: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Formulating and Implementing Interventions

Autor/inn/en	Thompson, Ross; Wylie, Judith; Hanna, Donncha
Titel	Maths Anxiety in Psychology Undergraduates: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Formulating and Implementing Interventions
Quelle	In: Psychology Teaching Review, 22 (2016) 1, S.58-68 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0965-948X
Schlagwörter	Mixed Methods Research; Mathematics Anxiety; Undergraduate Students; Psychology; Intervention; Focus Groups; Program Effectiveness; Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Small Group Instruction; Teaching Styles; Lecture Method; Attitude Measures; Student Attitudes; United Kingdom; Fennema Sherman Mathematics Attitudes Scales + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychologie; Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrstil; Unterrichtsstil; Schülerverhalten; Großbritannien
Abstract	Due to the empirical nature of the discipline, psychology students, during the course of their degree, are required to become proficient with a range of quantitative methods. Unfortunately many of these students experience high levels of maths anxiety, which can have a damaging effect on this aspect of their educational development. The first study in this paper used focus groups to identify, from psychology undergraduate and postgraduate students, potential interventions that could be used to reduce anxiety in an undergraduate sample. The second study implemented those interventions that were deemed valid and practical on a sample of 246 psychology first and second year undergraduates. The effectiveness of these interventions was mixed, but does suggest further avenues that tertiary educational institutions could take to reduce maths anxiety in their student body, in particular enhancing the use of real-life examples in quantitative methods teaching. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01