Current Situation and Strategy of Mathematics Anxiety among Mathematics Majors

Abstract

Mathematics anxiety will not only affect the healthy development of individuals, but also affect the cognitive development of mathematics. Therefore the study of mathematics anxiety has important practical significance. In order to understand the situation of mathematics anxiety among sophomores in Shandong University and explore the correlation between mathematics anxiety and major of mathematics, this paper adopts the method of questionnaire survey and data analysis. It is found that students’ mathematics anxiety exists in four dimensions of “Mathematics Class”, “Mathematics Test”, “Mathematics Problem Solving” and “Overall Feeling of Mathematics”, and there are differences among different majors. Accordingly, some suggestions are put forward to lower mathematics anxiety levels.