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Table 1 (continued)
Ferguson (1985)
Factor 1. Numerical Anxiety (10 items)
Example Item 1: figuring the monthly budget
Example Item 2: juggling class times around at registration to determine
the best schedule
Factor 2. Mathematics Test Anxiety (10 items)
Example Item 1: signing up for a math course
Example Item 2: walking into a math class
Factor 3. Abstraction Anxiety (10 items)
Example Item 1: Being asked to discuss the pro<strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong> a theorem about
triangles
Example Item 2: having to work a math problem that has x’s and y’s
instead <strong>of</strong> 2’s and 3’s.
Bessant (1995)
Factor 1. General Evaluation Anxiety (10 items)
Example Item 1: thinking about beginning a math assignment
Example Item 2: being given a set <strong>of</strong> algebra problems to solve
Factor 2. Everyday Numerical Anxiety (7 items)
Example Item 1: figuring out your monthly budget
Example Item 2: checking over your monthly bank statement
Factor 3. Passive Observation Anxiety (6 items)
Example Item 1: watching someone work with a calculator
Example Item 2: sitting in a math class and waiting for the pr<strong>of</strong>essor to
begin
Factor 4. Performance Anxiety (3 items)
Example Item 1: having someone watch you as you add up a column <strong>of</strong>
numbers
Example Item 2: being asked to add up 976 + 777 in your head
Factor 5. Mathematics Test Anxiety (4 items)
Example Item 1: thinking about an upcoming math test one hour before it
begins
Example Item 2: thinking about an upcoming math test five minutes
before it begins
Factor 6. Problem-Solving Anxiety (4 items)
Example Item 1: solving a problem such as: If x = 11, and y = 3, what is
x/y as a decimal?
Example Item 2: adding up 1/5 + 2/3 on paper.