Profile of students' mathematics anxiety

Abstract

Mathematics anxiety has gained massive attention from researchers and mathematics teachers. It happens among students and even becomes a determinant of their view towards mathematics in the future. This study purposes to observe the profile of students' mathematics anxiety in one of public junior high school in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The type of this research is descriptive quantitative research. This study engaged a purposive sampling technique, and the instrument used is a sheet of mathematics anxiety questionnaire with Likert scale. The analysis conducted is descriptive. The result of the analysis indicates that students' mathematics anxiety profile tends to belong in the medium category. Based on the results of research and discussion, it can be concluded that the students' mathematics anxiety in one of public junior high school in Sleman needs to be well-managed.