Mathematics anxiety scale: Construction, validity and reliability

The present study is a report of the development of a new instrument to measure students’ mathematics anxiety, and to determine the underlying dimensions of the instrument by examining the responses of 200 students. The data is collected from VIII standard students of Pondicherry region. The reliability coefficient obtained is high. Factor analysis with a varimax rotation yielded four factors: General Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Test Anxiety, Anxiety towards Mathematical Problem Solving, and Anxiety towards Mathematics Learning. Psychometric properties were sound and the instrument, Mathematics Anxiety Scale (MAnS), can be recommended for use in the investigation of students’ Mathematics Anxiety.