ERIC Number: ED673407
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Mar
Pages: 11
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Available Date: 0000-00-00
Examining the Relationship between Math Anxiety, Effort, and Learning Outcomes Using Latent Class Analysis
Melissa Lee1; Chun-Wei Huang1; Kelly Collins1; Mingyu Feng1
Grantee Submission, Paper presented at the Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (LAK 2025) (15th, Dublin, Ireland, Mar 3-7, 2025)
Math anxiety has been found to negatively correlate with math achievement, affecting students' choices to take fewer math classes and avoid math educational opportunities. Educational technology tools can ameliorate some of the negative effects of math anxiety. We examined students' math anxiety, effort in an educational technology platform, and their relationship with students' math achievement. Multilevel latent class analysis was used to identify student profiles of math anxiety. Regression analysis was used to examine how students of different profiles interacted with MathSpring, an adaptive intelligent tutor that provides affective supports to students during math problem-solving. The student's math achievement was measured by a standardized test. Our analysis indicated heterogeneity in math anxiety, and students could fall into one of three groups: "Highly Anxious, Performance Anxious," and "Calm." "Highly Anxious" students tended to give up more often when solving questions in MathSpring and had the lowest math achievement outcomes. For these students, using hints to solve problems in MathSpring was significantly associated with increased math outcomes. These findings have implications for the field's understanding of how students of different math anxiety profiles can demonstrate varying efforts in math educational technology platforms, and different math learning outcomes. [This paper was published in: "LAK25: The 15th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (LAK 2025), March 3-7, 2025, Dublin, Ireland," ACM, 2025.]
Descriptors: Correlation, Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Achievement, Outcomes of Education, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Course Selection (Students), Problem Solving, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Tests, Standardized Tests, Profiles, Grade 5, Grade 6, Social Emotional Learning, Learning Processes
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Grade 6
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A190256
Department of Education Funded: Yes
Author Affiliations: 1WestEd, San Francisco, CA, USA