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Peer reviewedBeasley, T. Mark; Long, Jeffrey D.; Natali, Michele – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2001
Confirmatory factor analyses suggested that the Mathematics Anxiety Scale for Children measures an internally consistent, unidimensional construct. Construct validity (i.e., correlations with state anxiety, trait anxiety, and quantitative ability) was demonstrated. Discusses the importance of accurately assessing mathematics anxiety at the…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Children, Construct Validity, Counseling
Peer reviewedChiu, Lian-Hwang; Henry, Loren L. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1990
Developed Mathematics Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC) and administered to 562 gifted, normal, and mildly mentally handicapped students in grades 4 through 8. Found MASC to be internally consistent measure of mathematics anxiety for grades four through eight. Found construct validity evidence based on MASC's relationship with mathematics grades,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Construct Validity, Gifted, Intermediate Grades
