Evaluation of math anxiety and its remediation through a digital training program in mathematics for first and second graders.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Math anxiety severely impacts individuals' learning and future success. However, limited is understood about the profile in East Asian cultures where students genuinely show high-level math anxiety, despite that they outperform their Western counterparts. Here, we investigate the relation between math anxiety and math achievement in children as young as first and second graders in Taiwan. Further, we evaluate whether intensive exposure to digital game-based learning in mathematics could ameliorate math anxiety.

Methods

The study first evaluated a group of 159 first and second graders' math anxiety and its correlation with math performance. Subsequently, a quasi-experimental design was adopted: 77 of the children continued and participated in multi-component digi

SUBMITTER: Ng CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9120910 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature