Analysis of Five Graders Mathematical Anxiety Viewed by Gender
N F Afrianti (a*), S Prabawanto (b)
a) Departemen Pendidikan Dasar, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudi No. 229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia
*nengfuzia11[at]upi.edu *sufyani[at]upi.edu
b) Departemen Pendidikan Matematika, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudi No. 229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia
Abstract
In the Education curriculum, mathematics is a compulsory subject that must be learned by students since elementary school, because of its usefulness for students daily lives. But many obstacles experienced by students in learning mathematics, one of which is mathematical anxiety. So, this study aims to explain how students- mathematical anxiety is viewed from gender factors and its implications. The subjects of this study were 10 students of 5 graders, an elementary school in Sumedang. Case study method is used to understand and analyze students- mathematics anxiety. The results of the study were obtained from data collected through questionnaires, interviews and field notes when the mathematics learning process took place which was then analyzed descriptively. During the study it was observed that mathematical anxiety of female students tended to be higher when compared to male students. This mathematics anxiety will increase as students face exams. The implication of students with high levels of mathematics anxiety tends to be distracted by their concentration in learning mathematical material. This then has an impact on the acquisition of student learning outcomes that are less than optimal. Thus the lower the level of students- mathematical anxiety, the higher the mastery of students mathematical concepts.
Keywords: Mathematical Anxiety; Gender
Topic: Mathematics Education