Award Winner
Most Potential for Future Research
Document Type
Research Paper
Abstract
The present study was an attempt to measure the frequency of negative internal dialogue and the degree to which its occurrence correlates with mathematical anxiety and math performance. A questionnaire was administered to measure both mathematical anxiety and negative cognitive interference. A sample of 129 students from Buena Vista University responded to the questionnaire after the completion of a mathematical task. Cognitive interference was measured by the Cognitive Interference Questionnaire (CIQ) (Spielberger & Sarason, 1978) and mathematical anxiety was measured using the 24-item version of the Mathematics Anxiety Rating Seate (MARS) (Plake & Parker, 1982). A strong positive correlation between cognitive interference and mathematical anxiety was found.
Publication Date
1998
Journal Title
Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference
Volume
2
Issue
1
First Page
67
Last Page
72
Copyright
©1998 by the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Publisher
University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Recommended Citation
Brendle, Jennifer R.
(1998)
"Mathematical Anxiety and How It Relates to Negative Cognitive Interference,"
Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference: Vol. 2:
Iss.
1, Article 10.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/csbsproceedings/vol2/iss1/10
