The Impact of Mathematics Anxiety on Primary School Children’s Working Memory

While there is little doubt that there is a connection between mathematics anxiety and poor mathematical performance, the direction and nature of this connection is less clear. Some researchers (e.g., Ma & Xu, 2004) have contended that poor mathematical performance directly causes mathematics an...

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Main Author: Marcus Witt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2012-05-01
Series:Europe's Journal of Psychology
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Online Access:http://ejop.psychopen.eu/article/view/458