Communication Students' Mathematics Anxiety: Implications for Research Methods Instruction
| Autor: | S.-A. Welch, Raymond D. Baus |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Liberal arts education
Apprehension Mathematics anxiety Communication education behavioral disciplines and activities Mathematical anxiety Developmental psychology Public speaking mental disorders medicine medicine.symptom Psychology Competence (human resources) psychological phenomena and processes |
| Zdroj: | Communication Research Reports. 25:289-299 |
| ISSN: | 1746-4099 0882-4096 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/08824090802440196 |
| Popis: | This study examined indicators of math and speaking competence in three student major categories (N = 263). Communication (n = 178), business (n = 58), and liberal arts (n = 27) majors completed scales measuring math anxiety (Betz, 1978), math performance (Dowling, 1978), math self-efficacy, and public speaking apprehension (McCroskey, 1982). These variables explained 27.5% of the variance in reported major. Business majors had higher math performance and math self-efficacy scores and lower math anxiety scores than persons majoring in communication or liberal arts, whereas communication majors reported lower public speaking apprehension scores than business or liberal arts majors. Sex differences were found on all mathematics variables, with females scoring higher in math anxiety and lower in math self-efficacy and performance than males. Findings are examined for their implications concerning research methods instruction. |
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