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REDUCING STATISTICS ANXIETY AND ENHANCING STATISTICS LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT: EFFECTIVENESS OF A ONE-MINUTE STRATEGY.
- Source :
- Psychological Reports; Aug2014, Vol. 115 Issue 1, p297-310, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Statistical knowledge is widely used in academia; however, statistics teachers struggle with the issue of how to reduce students' statistics anxiety and enhance students' statistics learning. This study assesses the effectiveness of a "one-minute paper strategy" in reducing students' statistics-related anxiety and in improving students' statistics-related achievement. Participants were 77 undergraduates from two classes enrolled in applied statistics courses. An experiment was implemented according to a pretest/posttest comparison group design. The quasi-experimental design showed that the one-minute paper strategy significantly reduced students' statistics anxiety and improved students' statistics learning achievement. The strategy was a better instructional tool than the textbook exercise for reducing students' statistics anxiety and improving students' statistics achievement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- STATISTICS education
ANXIETY
ACADEMIC achievement
CURRICULUM
LEARNING
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00332941
- Volume :
- 115
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Psychological Reports
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 97750221
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2466/11.04.PR0.115c12z3