N.A. Rusyda, Suherman, F. Dwina, T.G. Manda, R. Rusdinal
The purpose of this research is to analyze the correlation between mathematics anxiety and mathematical problem-solving skill. The data was collected by using a mathematics anxiety questionnaire and a problem-solving test. There were seven questions for the test of mathematical problem-solving and 25 questions for the mathematics anxiety questionnaire. The questionnaire was arranged by using the Likert Scale. The data were analyzed using the Pearson correlation formula. The population is the students in the calculus class. The samples are 200 students that were chosen by using a purposive random sampling technique. The results showed that there was a negative correlation between mathematics anxiety and mathematical problem-solving. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Department of Mathematics, Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang City, Indonesia; Department of Education Administrative, Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang City, Indonesia
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