Creative Writing Activities: Effects on Student Anxiety, Attitude and Achievement in Mathematics

Abstract

students’ mathematics anxiety, attitude towards writing in mathematics, and mathematics achievement. The relationship between attitude towards writing in mathematics and mathematics anxiety and their relationship to mathematics achievement were also analyzed. Using a quasi-experimental design, the data were collected from 60 respondents from three intact classes of college freshman students from a university in Iloilo City from June 23, 2014 to October 2, 2014.

Results of the study showed that significant differences were noted in the mathematics text anxiety of students who were exposed to Treatment 1, Treatment 2, and Conventional set up. The post hoc test revealed that students exposed to Treatment 2 and significantly lower mathematics test anxiety than the Conventional group.