Susceptible-Infected-Recovered Model of Mathematics Anxiety Behavior on Students' Mathematics Study Results at Aquino Catholic High School Amurang

Abstract

This study aims to see the spread of mathematics anxiety behavior on the results of students' mathematics studies at Aquino Catholic High School Amurang by using the SIR (Susceptible-Infected-Recovered) mathematical model. A total of 88 samples were collected and categorized into three groups based on predetermined criteria. These groups consisted of 47 students categorized as susceptible, 27 as infected, and 14 as recovered. The parameters in this study measure the rate of change within these three groups over a 365-day period, equivalent to one year. Two equilibrium points are obtained that can interpret populations free from math anxiety behavior or endemic math anxiety behavior. The stability analysis of the two equilibrium points shows that the equilibrium point free from math anxiety behavior is locally asymptotically stable. Additionally, this study also reveals that math anxiety behavior will disappear in less than 40 days through the basic reproduction number (Ro) obtained, which is 0.99 or less than 1. Keywords: Amurang; mathematics anxiety; SIR model