Math anxiety and perfectionistic concerns in multiple-choice assessment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19378360 |
|---|---|
| Authors | María Isabel Núñez‐Peña (0000-0002-3677-859X, Sant Joan de Déu Research Foundation, corresponding author), María Isabel Núñez-Peña (Universitat de Barcelona), Roser Bono (0000-0001-7991-6668, Universitat de Barcelona) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 865-878 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-18 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0260-2938 • E-ISSN: 1469-297X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02602938.2020.1836120 |
| OpenAlex | W3096508102 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 45 |
We examined the relationships between math anxiety, perfectionism and academic achievement in undergraduates enrolled in a course with high mathematical content. Participants were 251 students who completed math anxiety and perfectionism questionnaires, and whose academic achievement was measured via a multiple-choice examination. The number of hits, errors and unanswered questions on this examination were analyzed to explore the possible influence of math anxiety and perfectionism on students’ performance. Results showed that highly math-anxious (HMA) students were more perfectionist than their low math-anxious (LMA) peers, insofar as they were more concerned about making mistakes and had more doubts about their own actions. The HMA group also obtained worse grades than did their LMA counterparts, although this was because they left more questions unanswered, not because they made more mistakes. Analysis of the relationship between math anxiety and the number of unanswered questions revealed that concern over errors and doubts about actions played a mediating role in this relationship. In conclusion, HMA students’ fear of making mistakes and doubts about their own actions are important factors influencing their performance in multiple-choice tests
Academic achievement · Anxiety · Developmental psychology · Mathematical anxiety · Mathematics education · Psychiatry · Test anxiety · Clinical Psychology · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation · Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
The Math Anxiety-Performance Link
The dimensions of perfectionism
Gender Similarities Characterize Math Performance
Working memory, math performance, and math anxiety
A Meta-Analysis of Perfectionism and Academic Achievement
The Relationship Between Math Anxiety and Math Performance
The Relationship Between Perfectionism and Psychopathology
Math Anxiety
The relationships among working memory, math anxiety, and performance.
Positive Conceptions of Perfectionism
Discrepant performance on multiple‐choice and short answer assessments and the relation of performance to general scholastic aptitude
On the Development of Perfectionism
Psychological correlates of university students' academic performance
The Development of an Abbreviated Version of the Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale
The Revised Almost Perfect Scale
Reflections on perfection
Perfectionism in the self and social contexts
Cross-national patterns of gender differences in mathematics
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |