EXAMINING THE MATH ANXIETY LEVELS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS DURING COVID-19

Anil Burcu Ozyurt Serim

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Emotional reactions such as stress, anxiety, and fear from social relations of individuals to communication skills; can have negative effects on many situations from learning situations to success in school and business life. Educational processes related to mathematical skills that develop analytical thinking are also affected by these emotional reactions. In the literature part of the study, the subjects of anxiety and fear, which are important in shaping the students' orientation to mathematics, are mentioned. Within the confines of the study, scores on math anxiety among university students were broken down by gender, grade level, and department, and interaction between math anxiety and math proficiency was established.

 

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math, education, math anxiety, fear of Covid-19, college students

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