Abstract
This study contains validity and reliability study of Mathematics Anxiety- Apprehension Survey (MAAS) developed by Ikegulu (1998). The aim of the study was to develop a mathematics anxiety-apprehension survey for students especially in the second stage of the primary school. Validity and reliability was completed in three phases according to the phases of cross-national scale adaptation by Hambleton ve Patsula (1999). MAAS’s Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient was .912 and the Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficients of positive attitudes and negative attitudes that construct sub-dimensions of survey were respectively.858 and .910. The Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient of Ikegulu’ s original survey was .728 and the Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficients related to sub-dimensions were found to be .8536 and .9272. Similar results were obtained with the original survey.
Keywords: Mathematics apprehension, Mathematics anxiety, 6-7-8th grade elementary students, Mathematics anxiety-apprehension survey (MAAS)
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Copyright © 2011 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
How to cite
Özdemir, E., & Gür, H. (2011). Validity and Reliability Study of Mathematics Anxiety-Apprehension Survey (MASS). Education and Science, 36(161). https://educationandscience.ted.org.tr/article/view/951