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Autor/inn/en | Rahe, Martina; Quaiser-Pohl, Claudia |
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Titel | Can (Perceived) Mental-Rotation Performance Mediate Gender Differences in Math Anxiety in Adolescents and Young Adults? |
Quelle | In: Mathematics Education Research Journal, 35 (2023) 1, S.255-279 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Zusatzinformation | ORCID (Rahe, Martina) |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 1033-2170 |
DOI | 10.1007/s13394-021-00387-6 |
Schlagwörter | Children; Adolescents; Undergraduate Students; Mathematics Anxiety; Gender Differences; Spatial Ability; Visualization; Self Concept |
Abstract | Math anxiety is a negative affective reaction in situations concerning mathematics and is related to poor math performance and a lower mathematical self-concept. Gender differences appear in math anxiety even though gender differences in math abilities are non-existent or minimal in effect size. In the present study, gender and age differences in math anxiety, mental-rotation performance, and perceived mental-rotation performance are investigated as well as (perceived) mental-rotation performance as possible mediators of the relation between gender and math anxiety. Ninety-seven children (54 females) between 11 and 15 years and 84 undergraduate students (59 females) solved a mental-rotation test, rated their performance in this test, and filled out a questionnaire about math anxiety. Increasing gender differences with age were found for math anxiety, mental-rotation performance, and perceived mental-rotation performance. Mental-rotation performance and perceived mental-rotation performance were significant individual mediators for gender differences in math anxiety. Adequate measures should be discussed to enhance females' mental-rotation abilities and their perception of these skills to reduce gender differences in math anxiety. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2024/1/01 |