Feedback on students' performance: A possible way of reducing the negative effect of math anxiety in higher education

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a formative assessment system in improving students' learning. This system involved giving feedback to students regarding the errors they made in a series of assignments performed during a course. Participants were 166 students enrol...

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Autores: Núñez Peña, María Isabel, Bono Cabré, Roser, Suárez Pellicioni, Macarena
Formato: artículo
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Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Barcelona
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Palavra-chave:Ansietat
Matemàtica
Educació superior
Anxiety
Mathematics
Higher education
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spelling Feedback on students' performance: A possible way of reducing the negative effect of math anxiety in higher educationNúñez Peña, María IsabelBono Cabré, RoserSuárez Pellicioni, MacarenaAnsietatMatemàticaEducació superiorAnxietyMathematicsHigher educationThe aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a formative assessment system in improving students' learning. This system involved giving feedback to students regarding the errors they made in a series of assignments performed during a course. Participants were 166 students enrolled in a core course of the degree in psychology offered by the University of Barcelona. Attendance at feedback classes was found to be positively correlated with students' grades, whereas the correlation between math anxiety scores and final exam grades was not significant. Exam grades were only predicted by the 'perceived usefulness of feedback' factor, suggesting that feedback may have helped to reduce the negative impact of math anxiety on students' academic achievement.Elsevier2015info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/149083Articles publicats en revistes (Psicologia Social i Psicologia Quantitativa)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2015.02.005International Journal Of Educational Research, 2015, vol. 70, p. 80-87https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2015.02.005(c) Elsevier, 2015info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1490832026-05-27T06:46:51Z
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title Feedback on students' performance: A possible way of reducing the negative effect of math anxiety in higher education
spellingShingle Feedback on students' performance: A possible way of reducing the negative effect of math anxiety in higher education
Núñez Peña, María Isabel
Ansietat
Matemàtica
Educació superior
Anxiety
Mathematics
Higher education
title_short Feedback on students' performance: A possible way of reducing the negative effect of math anxiety in higher education
title_full Feedback on students' performance: A possible way of reducing the negative effect of math anxiety in higher education
title_fullStr Feedback on students' performance: A possible way of reducing the negative effect of math anxiety in higher education
title_full_unstemmed Feedback on students' performance: A possible way of reducing the negative effect of math anxiety in higher education
title_sort Feedback on students' performance: A possible way of reducing the negative effect of math anxiety in higher education
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Núñez Peña, María Isabel
Bono Cabré, Roser
Suárez Pellicioni, Macarena
author Núñez Peña, María Isabel
author_facet Núñez Peña, María Isabel
Bono Cabré, Roser
Suárez Pellicioni, Macarena
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Suárez Pellicioni, Macarena
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ansietat
Matemàtica
Educació superior
Anxiety
Mathematics
Higher education
topic Ansietat
Matemàtica
Educació superior
Anxiety
Mathematics
Higher education
description The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a formative assessment system in improving students' learning. This system involved giving feedback to students regarding the errors they made in a series of assignments performed during a course. Participants were 166 students enrolled in a core course of the degree in psychology offered by the University of Barcelona. Attendance at feedback classes was found to be positively correlated with students' grades, whereas the correlation between math anxiety scores and final exam grades was not significant. Exam grades were only predicted by the 'perceived usefulness of feedback' factor, suggesting that feedback may have helped to reduce the negative impact of math anxiety on students' academic achievement.
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