Abstract
The objectives of this study were: 1) To determine the level of Performance in Mathematics of Grade 4 students in selected international schools in Bangkok in terms of Knowledge skills, Comprehension skills, Application skills, Analysis skills, Synthesis Skills, and Evaluation skills; 2) To determine the level of Mathematics Anxiety of Grade 4 students in terms of Cognitive factors, Psychological factors, Physical factors, and Environmental factors; 3) To investigate the influence of Math Anxiety factors on Performance in Mathematics. The study utilized the descriptive method. The instrument employed for collecting the data was a Math Anxiety Opinionnaire (MARS) developed by Richardson and Suinn (1972), and its many shorter derivations (Alexander & Martray, 1989; Plake & Parker, 1982; Rounds &Hendel, 1980; Suinn & Winston, 2003). The Math Test was based on the curriculum of Grade 4. The statistics used for the treatment of the data were mean, standard deviation(s.d.), standard error mean (s.e.mean), coefficient of variation(C.V.),rank and ANOVA. The results showed that the highest level of Performance in Mathematics is in the Comprehension skills and the lowest is Knowledge skills. Environmental factors produce the highest level of anxiety among the students. Physical factors had the highest influence on Performance in Mathematics.
Highlights
Background of the study: There is a common perception that mathematics is a very difficult subject
Comprehension skills have the highest level of performance in Mathematics of the Grade 4 students in selected international schools in a Bangkok
Knowledge skills is lowest level with mean of 1.00 or very low. That means their grasping of meaning, making comparisons, summarization and grasping of meaning of Mathematics is very effective but their facts, principles, retention of terminology, and conventions are weak
Summary
Background of the study: There is a common perception that mathematics is a very difficult subject. Avoiding math courses severely restricts the fields a student can study and the jobs one can find Nowadays many have realized the importance of Mathematics, from the point of view of getting an academic qualification at school or college, but is a subject that prepares one for the future as well, irrespective of which walk of life one chooses to be a part of. As the world's reliance on technology has grown, so too has the demand for people who can think in the abstract terms of math and science. The disparity between those who learn math with relative ease and those who struggle with math disabilities is widening at an alarming rate. The issue of Mathematics Anxiety is significant for both children and parents
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