The development and part validation of a U.K. scale for mathematics anxiety

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 455-466

  Hunt, Thomas E ^a,b   Clark Carter, David ^b   Sheffield, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

math anxiety; math anxious; maths anxiety; maths anxious

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255142213     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282910392892     Document Type: Article

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