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Abstract
Background:
Regardless of the social or economic status of a student, it is a fact that math is always present. This discipline is considered as a competitive tool for achieving a more productive life. However, the gap in academic achievement is big. Consequently, in the last decades the research on education has set attention on this point.
Material and methods:
Therefore, this research aims to prove that there is anxiety toward math on high school students at a private institution Rioverde in San Luis Potosí, México and find if there is a difference in regards to gender. We used Auzmendi sub-scale questionnaire.
Results:
The results show that there is anxiety toward math on high school students, and that women show more anxiety toward math than men do.
Conclusions:
Thus, we conclude, for the case under study, that anxiety toward math is a learning issue for high school students, more often for women than for men.
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Article Type: Research Article
EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2017, 189-199
https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00611a
Publication date: 18 Nov 2016
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