TY - JOUR
T1 - Statistics Anxiety in Flanders
T2 - Exploring Its Level, Antecedents, and Performance Impact Across Professional and Academic Bachelor Programs in Psychology
AU - van Dijck, Jean-Philippe
AU - Abrahamse, Elger
AU - Kesteloot, Steffi
AU - Willems, Rebecca
AU - Fias, Wim
PY - 2022/3/16
Y1 - 2022/3/16
N2 - The current study focusses on the prevalence of statistics anxiety and the motivation to learn statistics in Flanders (Belgium) and determined to what degree these factors and their interaction relates to statistical performance. For this purpose, the Statistics Anxiety Scale and the Statistics Motivation Scale were translated, validated, and administered in professional and academic bachelor students in psychology. The prevalence of SA in Flanders is comparable to other countries, with professional bachelor students being more anxious to make interpretations compared to academic bachelor students, who in turn are more anxious to ask for help. Academic students are more motivated to learn statistics compared the professional bachelor students, mostly in terms of intrinsic motivation. Unfortunately, the overall motivation to learn statistics declines throughout the semester. This is a pity, because we observed that as high levels of motivation can alleviate the negative impact of statistics anxiety on statistical performance, especially when controlling for general learning abilities.
AB - The current study focusses on the prevalence of statistics anxiety and the motivation to learn statistics in Flanders (Belgium) and determined to what degree these factors and their interaction relates to statistical performance. For this purpose, the Statistics Anxiety Scale and the Statistics Motivation Scale were translated, validated, and administered in professional and academic bachelor students in psychology. The prevalence of SA in Flanders is comparable to other countries, with professional bachelor students being more anxious to make interpretations compared to academic bachelor students, who in turn are more anxious to ask for help. Academic students are more motivated to learn statistics compared the professional bachelor students, mostly in terms of intrinsic motivation. Unfortunately, the overall motivation to learn statistics declines throughout the semester. This is a pity, because we observed that as high levels of motivation can alleviate the negative impact of statistics anxiety on statistical performance, especially when controlling for general learning abilities.
KW - Statistics Anxiety
KW - Motivation
KW - Flanders
KW - Statistical Performance
M3 - Article
SN - 1307-9298
VL - 14
SP - 363
EP - 385
JO - International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
JF - International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
IS - 3
ER -