Exploring the interaction between learning styles and mathematics anxiety among secondary school students: a correlational study in southern Malaysia

Mathematics is a subject that is extensively used in real-life situations, but it has been found to be a difficult subject to master. Accordingly, mathematics anxiety has been found to be highly prevalent in students’ lives, whereby learning styles have been underlined as one of the factors that may...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Fuad Khoo, Nur Aini Khoo, Jamaluddin, Nurdiana Yasmin, Osman, Sharifah, Achmad Buchori, Achmad Buchori
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spelling my.utm.1089452024-12-16T00:42:30Z http://eprints.utm.my/108945/ Exploring the interaction between learning styles and mathematics anxiety among secondary school students: a correlational study in southern Malaysia Ahmad Fuad Khoo, Nur Aini Khoo Jamaluddin, Nurdiana Yasmin Osman, Sharifah Achmad Buchori, Achmad Buchori LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools Mathematics is a subject that is extensively used in real-life situations, but it has been found to be a difficult subject to master. Accordingly, mathematics anxiety has been found to be highly prevalent in students’ lives, whereby learning styles have been underlined as one of the factors that may impact attainment of mathematics skills. This study aims to determine the relationship between learning styles and mathematics anxiety. The correlational study was conducted by using questionnaire adapted from Dunn and Dunn Model and Mathematics Anxiety Scale; involving 389 secondary school students located in the southern region of Malaysia. The study’s findings revealed a positive correlation and distinguished between learning styles and mathematics anxiety. It shows that learning styles have an impact on mathematics anxiety. Hence, this study helps the students to embrace and improve their learning styles to minimize the level of anxiety towards mathematics, while the teachers may find it useful in guiding the students to control their mathematics anxiety. OmniaScience 2024 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/108945/1/NurAiniKhoo2024_ExploringtheInteractionBetweenLearningStyles.pdf Ahmad Fuad Khoo, Nur Aini Khoo and Jamaluddin, Nurdiana Yasmin and Osman, Sharifah and Achmad Buchori, Achmad Buchori (2024) Exploring the interaction between learning styles and mathematics anxiety among secondary school students: a correlational study in southern Malaysia. Journal of Technology and Science Education, 14 (3). pp. 683-700. ISSN 2014-5349 http://dx.doi.org/10.3926/jotse.2224 DOI:10.3926/jotse.2224
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topic LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools
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Ahmad Fuad Khoo, Nur Aini Khoo
Jamaluddin, Nurdiana Yasmin
Osman, Sharifah
Achmad Buchori, Achmad Buchori
Exploring the interaction between learning styles and mathematics anxiety among secondary school students: a correlational study in southern Malaysia
description Mathematics is a subject that is extensively used in real-life situations, but it has been found to be a difficult subject to master. Accordingly, mathematics anxiety has been found to be highly prevalent in students’ lives, whereby learning styles have been underlined as one of the factors that may impact attainment of mathematics skills. This study aims to determine the relationship between learning styles and mathematics anxiety. The correlational study was conducted by using questionnaire adapted from Dunn and Dunn Model and Mathematics Anxiety Scale; involving 389 secondary school students located in the southern region of Malaysia. The study’s findings revealed a positive correlation and distinguished between learning styles and mathematics anxiety. It shows that learning styles have an impact on mathematics anxiety. Hence, this study helps the students to embrace and improve their learning styles to minimize the level of anxiety towards mathematics, while the teachers may find it useful in guiding the students to control their mathematics anxiety.
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author Ahmad Fuad Khoo, Nur Aini Khoo
Jamaluddin, Nurdiana Yasmin
Osman, Sharifah
Achmad Buchori, Achmad Buchori
author_facet Ahmad Fuad Khoo, Nur Aini Khoo
Jamaluddin, Nurdiana Yasmin
Osman, Sharifah
Achmad Buchori, Achmad Buchori
author_sort Ahmad Fuad Khoo, Nur Aini Khoo
title Exploring the interaction between learning styles and mathematics anxiety among secondary school students: a correlational study in southern Malaysia
title_short Exploring the interaction between learning styles and mathematics anxiety among secondary school students: a correlational study in southern Malaysia
title_full Exploring the interaction between learning styles and mathematics anxiety among secondary school students: a correlational study in southern Malaysia
title_fullStr Exploring the interaction between learning styles and mathematics anxiety among secondary school students: a correlational study in southern Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Exploring the interaction between learning styles and mathematics anxiety among secondary school students: a correlational study in southern Malaysia
title_sort exploring the interaction between learning styles and mathematics anxiety among secondary school students: a correlational study in southern malaysia
publisher OmniaScience
publishDate 2024
url http://eprints.utm.my/108945/1/NurAiniKhoo2024_ExploringtheInteractionBetweenLearningStyles.pdf
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