Presents a study aimed at using qualitative research models to examine the nature and etiology of statistics anxiety among graduate students (N=21) from various non-statistical disciplines. Suggests that statistics anxiety occurs when an individual experiences anxiety as a result of encountering statistics in any form at any level. Contains 32…

Provides a review of the literature related to math anxiety, indicating that society needs to eradicate the myth that females are more anxious about mathematics than males. Several options for eliminating math avoidance and math anxiety are considered. (JN)

Reported is a study examining the causes of development of mathematics anxiety in upper elementary students. Significant results indicate increased anxiety related to increased time spent on review and lower anxiety associated to small group work. The conjecture that mathematics anxiety is transmitted from teachers to students is not supported.…

This paper presents a method of assessing math anxiety based on self-reported descriptors used to evaluate various personality traits in college students. A secondary purpose of the paper is to report the results of applying such an inventory to a group of college mathematics students. (PK)

Research on learner's beliefs are summarized in the areas of beliefs about mathematics as a discipline, beliefs about learning mathematics, beliefs about mathematics teaching, and beliefs about self within a social context in which mathematics teaching and learning are occurring. (PK)

Presents a survey of 78 pre- and in-service elementary teachers in a midwestern region to examine the relationship between mathematics anxiety, perceptual preference, and previous mathematics instructional experiences with workbooks and manipulatives. Results indicate that the variables significant in predicting mathematics anxiety were…