The relationship between mathematics anxiety and mathematical problem solving skills among primary school students

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 5804-5807

  Karasel, Nedime ^a   Ayda, Orçun ^b   Tezer, Murat ^a  

^a NEAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TRNC Primary School Department   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

mathematical problem solving skills; Mathematics anxiety; the relationship between mathematical problem solving and anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957716048     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.946     Document Type: Conference Paper

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