Investigating Mathematical Anxiety Among Non-Specialist Undergraduate Students
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Teaching mathematics to non-specialist undergraduate students in the UK has become particularly problematic in recent years due to a general decline in the mathematical skills exhibited by students leaving schools and entering higher education. This paper reports on a small scale preliminary study of the mathematical anxiety exhibited by undergraduate computing students and finds that anxiety is not related to mathematical achievement but is related to negative experiences prior to university entry and that the assessment processes they experience seem to cause the greatest anxiety levels. This has repercussions for the learning and teaching environment which the students are exposed to.
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Jon Warwick, London South Bank University
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