The Development and Validation of the Children’s Anxiety in Math Scale
Math anxiety has been historically overlooked in samples of children. This may be due in part to the lack of appropriate tools to measure anxiety in young children. The current exploratory study reports on the development and examination of reliability, validity, and factor structure of a new tool t...
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Published in | Journal of psychoeducational assessment Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 391 - 395 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Los Angeles, CA
SAGE Publications
01.08.2013
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Summary: | Math anxiety has been historically overlooked in samples of children. This may be due in part to the lack of appropriate tools to measure anxiety in young children. The current exploratory study reports on the development and examination of reliability, validity, and factor structure of a new tool to measure math anxiety in young children. The findings of this exploratory study suggest that the Children’s Anxiety in Math Scale is a reliable and valid measure to assess math anxiety in children as young as first grade. |
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ISSN: | 0734-2829 1557-5144 |
DOI: | 10.1177/0734282912470131 |