Mathematical Anxiety in Mexican Engineering Students: Correlation with Mathematical Thinking and Covariational Reasoning
Mathematical anxiety is often considered a negative influence factor on students' academic performance. Given this assumption, this research was developed, which bases its data collection on two instruments developed expressly, which were applied to a sample of 215 studen...
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| description | Mathematical anxiety is often considered a negative influence factor on students' academic performance. Given this assumption, this research was developed, which bases its data collection on two instruments developed expressly, which were applied to a sample of 215 students enrolled in the first semester of the Faculty of Engineering of the Autonomous University of Chihuahua (UACH), Mexico, with a research design characterized by being quantitative, non-experimental and crosssectional. The study findings indicate that the participants present: (1) average level of mathematical anxiety; (2) outstanding level in mathematical thinking; and (3) coarse coordination of values in Covariational reasoning. From the results obtained, it is concluded that the relevance of this study is characterized by two situations: (1) the little research development addressed on the subject, especially with a focus on engineering university students; (2) the possibility of carrying out similar diagnoses on the previous contexts of new students; and (3) the derivation of strategies to improve admission and permanence processes |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d4f62b3b8dc477caf8d6da907bd2a9f2024-04-02T19:22:33ZengUniversidad Autónoma de TamaulipasRevista de Psicología y Ciencias del Comportamiento de la Unidad Académica de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales2007-18332022-12-011326889https://doi.org/10.29059/rpcc.20221201-151Mathematical Anxiety in Mexican Engineering Students: Correlation with Mathematical Thinking and Covariational ReasoningFidel González-Quiñones0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8404-0098Javier Tarango1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0416-3400Karla Bojorquez2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3086-9351Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Facultad de Filosofía y LetrasUniversidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Facultad de Filosofía y LetrasUniversidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Facultad de Filosofía y LetrasMathematical anxiety is often considered a negative influence factor on students' academic performance. Given this assumption, this research was developed, which bases its data collection on two instruments developed expressly, which were applied to a sample of 215 students enrolled in the first semester of the Faculty of Engineering of the Autonomous University of Chihuahua (UACH), Mexico, with a research design characterized by being quantitative, non-experimental and crosssectional. The study findings indicate that the participants present: (1) average level of mathematical anxiety; (2) outstanding level in mathematical thinking; and (3) coarse coordination of values in Covariational reasoning. From the results obtained, it is concluded that the relevance of this study is characterized by two situations: (1) the little research development addressed on the subject, especially with a focus on engineering university students; (2) the possibility of carrying out similar diagnoses on the previous contexts of new students; and (3) the derivation of strategies to improve admission and permanence processeshttps://revistapcc.uat.edu.mx/index.php/RPC/article/view/435mathematical anxietymathematical thinkingcovariational reasoningengineering studentsmathematics teaching |
| spellingShingle | Fidel González-Quiñones Javier Tarango Karla Bojorquez Mathematical Anxiety in Mexican Engineering Students: Correlation with Mathematical Thinking and Covariational Reasoning Revista de Psicología y Ciencias del Comportamiento de la Unidad Académica de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales mathematical anxiety mathematical thinking covariational reasoning engineering students mathematics teaching |
| title | Mathematical Anxiety in Mexican Engineering Students: Correlation with Mathematical Thinking and Covariational Reasoning |
| title_full | Mathematical Anxiety in Mexican Engineering Students: Correlation with Mathematical Thinking and Covariational Reasoning |
| title_fullStr | Mathematical Anxiety in Mexican Engineering Students: Correlation with Mathematical Thinking and Covariational Reasoning |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mathematical Anxiety in Mexican Engineering Students: Correlation with Mathematical Thinking and Covariational Reasoning |
| title_short | Mathematical Anxiety in Mexican Engineering Students: Correlation with Mathematical Thinking and Covariational Reasoning |
| title_sort | mathematical anxiety in mexican engineering students correlation with mathematical thinking and covariational reasoning |
| topic | mathematical anxiety mathematical thinking covariational reasoning engineering students mathematics teaching |
| url | https://revistapcc.uat.edu.mx/index.php/RPC/article/view/435 |
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