DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF MATHEMATICS ANXIETY: A REVIEW

Increasing mathematics anxiety among students at all level has gained the attention of academicians across the globe. It is a well-established phenomenon now a day, severely affecting mathematics achievement of school going children resulting in their escape from mathematics and allied subjects. In this context it became very important to study various aspects of mathematics anxiety for developing tools for its assessment and to develop measures to overcome its adverse effects. An attempt has been made in the present study to review contemporary research studies on mathematics anxiety among secondary school children and its predictors. The review includes research studies related to relationship between mathematics anxiety and mathematics achievement, causes of mathematics anxiety and its overcoming measures.