Communications of Mathematical Education (한국수학교육학회지시리즈E:수학교육논문집)

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Relationship Between Mathematics Anxiety and Mathematical Achievement of Middle School Students According to Gender and Grade

중학생의 학년별 및 성별에 따른 수학불안과 수학성취와의 관계

  • Received : 2017.12.14
  • Accepted : 2018.05.10
  • Published : 2018.05.15
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the differences of the mathematics anxiety and mathematical achievement of middle school students according to gender and grade, and to find out which mathematics anxiety causes have more influence on mathematical achievement and how much it is. For this purposes, the problem of this study as follows: firstly, are there any differences in the mathematics anxiety and mathematical achievement according to gender and grade? secondly, are there any relationship between mathematics anxiety and mathematical achievement according to gender and grade? lastly, are there any mathematics anxiety predict to mathematical achievement according to gender and grade? The subjects of this study consist of 171(1st graders), 144(2nd graders), 272(3rd graders) students selected for a class of unit, in middle schools located in Seoul, Korea. In this study, for children's mathematics anxiety, Huh(1996)'s Mathematics Anxiety Scale was used. The collected data were analyzed by using the 24.0 SPSS program. The data were also tested by using the t-test, correlation and multiple regression. The major results of this study were as follows: firstly, mathematics anxiety and mathematical achievement have significant differences depending on gender and grade, secondly, mathematics anxiety and mathematical achievement have significantly related each other depending on gender and grade, lastly, the multiple regression analyses demonstrated that sub factors of mathematics anxiety were the significant predictors of mathematical achievement according to gender and grade.

이 연구의 목적은 대학 진학 준비의 심리적 부담을 현실적으로 느끼기 시작하는 중학생을 대상으로 수학불안과 수학성취 정도가 학년 및 성별에 따라 어떻게 다른지 분석하고 수학불안과 수학성취 요인 간의 상관관계 및 수학불안 요인이 수학성취에 미치는 설명력을 알아보기 위한 것이다. 이를 위해 서울지역의 중학생 587명을 대상으로 수학불안 검사와 수학 성적을 조사하였으며 수집된 자료는 spss 24.0 프로그램을 활용하여 t-검증, Pearson 상관계수, 회귀 분석(stepwise multiple regression) 등을 실시하였다. 연구 결과에 의하면 성별에 따른 수학 점수 및 수학 불안도에서 의미 있는 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 학년별로도 수학 점수 및 수학 불안도에 있어 의미 있는 차이가 있었다. 수학불안과 수학성취 간의 관계는 모두 높은 상관이 있었으며 학년별, 성별로도 상관이 있는 것을 알 수 있었다. 중학생들의 수학성취 정도를 가장 잘 설명해주는 요인으로는 흥미와 관심도, 수학교과요인, 교사요인 순으로 의미 있는 설명력을 나타냈다. 이러한 결과로부터 수학불안 요인 중에서 흥미도, 수학교과요인, 교사요인이 중학생들의 수학성취를 증진시키는 데 중요함을 알 수 있었다.

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