Maths Anxiety Self-Assessment as a Quality Assurance Measure

Shelley Dole; K Beswick

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Maths Anxiety Self-Assessment as a Quality Assurance Measure

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Maths Anxiety Self-Assessment as a Quality Assurance Measure

Shelley Dole and K Beswick

Proceedings of the 25th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, pp.236-243

Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA), 25th (Auckland, New Zealand, 07-Jul-2002–10-Jul-2002)

Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)

2002

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Abstract

Curriculum and Pedagogy

Many students come to pre-service mathematics teacher education programs with considerable anxiety and fear of mathematics. The challenge is to provide students with the necessary skills, knowledge and understanding for teaching, and to positively impact upon their belief systems. In this study 429 pre-service students rated change of beliefs about mathematics through a self-assessment questionnaire. Results indicated a strong positive change, and together with interview data, highlighted key contributing aspects of the program and thus provided a measure of program quality assurance.

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Title: Maths Anxiety Self-Assessment as a Quality Assurance Measure
Authors: Shelley Dole (Author) - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
K Beswick (Author) - University of Tasmania
Contributors: B Barton (Editor)
K Irwin (Editor)
M Pfannkuch (Editor)
M Thomas (Editor)
Publication details: Proceedings of the 25th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, pp.236-243
Conference details: Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA), 25th (Auckland, New Zealand, 07-Jul-2002–10-Jul-2002)
Publisher: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
Date published: 2002
Copyright note: 2002 Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc. Reproduced here with the permission in accordance with the publisher's copyright policy.
Organisation Unit: School of Education - Legacy; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449365302621
Output Type: Conference paper

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