The affective and cognitive dimensions of math anxiety: A cross-national study

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 362-379

  Ho, Hsiu Zu ^a   Senturk, Deniz ^a   Lam, Amy G ^a   Zimmer, Jules M ^a   Hong, Sehee ^a   Okamoto, Yukari ^a   Chiu, Sou Yung ^b   Nakazawa, Yasuo ^c   Wang, Chang Pei ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^c Seisen Jogakuin College   (Japan)

^d Beijing Institute of Education   (China)

Author keywords

Achievement; Affect; Anxiety; Cross cultural studies; Gender issues; Multivariate techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044520565     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/749811     Document Type: Article

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