Article Dans Une Revue Cognitive Development Année : 2021

Longitudinal relations between young students’ feelings about mathematics and arithmetic performance

Charlene Shujie Song
Chang Xu
Erin Maloney
Sheri-Lynn Skwarchuk
Judith Wylie
Heather Douglas
Jo-Anne Lefevre

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Math anxiety is a common correlate of math performance for adults. Research on young children’s emotional reactions to math is limited, but critical for determining how math anxiety develops. Students (N = 244) completed math measures (i.e., number comparison, arithmetic fluency, and math problem solving) and math anxiety assessments twice, in grade 2 (Mage = 7.10) and a year later in grade 3. Math anxiety was significantly related to arithmetic fluency, but not to others. Longitudinally, arithmetic fluency in grade 2 predicted the change in math anxiety from grades 2 to 3, but not vice versa. The growth in math anxiety was related to arithmetic fluency for students with higher working memory scores, but this moderation effect of working memory was not significant after a multiple-comparisons correction. In sum, these findings are consistent with the view that math anxiety develops in some children in response to their experiences with mathematics.

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hal-03469573 , version 1 (06-01-2025)

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Charlene Shujie Song, Anne Lafay, Chang Xu, Erin Maloney, Sheri-Lynn Skwarchuk, et al.. Longitudinal relations between young students’ feelings about mathematics and arithmetic performance. Cognitive Development, 2021, 59, pp.101078. ⟨10.1016/j.cogdev.2021.101078⟩. ⟨hal-03469573⟩
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