Fear of Statistics among TEFL Postgraduate Students
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چکیده
Although statistics is an important compulsory course in a wide variety of disciplines, the vast majority students including TEFL postgraduate find it frightening and difficult to understand, thus suffer from underachievement. As result, specific kind anxiety called statistical emerges that requires immediate attention. To date, large growing body research has focused on exploring different aspects dimensions produce fear tension. However, problem amongst received scant attention literature. In this study, attempts are made assess describe areas experience during course. end, present study employed descriptive design, i.e., survey research. First, questionnaire, which reflects three correlated Examination Anxiety, Asking for Help Interpretation was distributed among 72 students. Then, interview sessions were held with 10 participants purpose further exploration participants’ responses questionnaire items. Analysis revealed examination highest frequency other subscales, while lowest belongs asking help anxiety. These results together conceptualization perspectives regarding their major concerns have clear implications teachers, developers, policy makers,
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Eurasian journal of applied linguistics
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2149-1135']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32601/ejal.911253