F. Ambaranti, E. Retnowati
One of the psychological factors that determines student's mathematics achievement is mathematics anxiety. This survey research aimed to find out the different student's mathematics anxiety related to gender, school grade, and programs among senior high school students. This research can be used as a source of information for various parties in ordered plan in education. The data were obtained from mathematics anxiety questionnaires for 215 students from Bengkulu, Pasaman, Bogor, and Yogyakarta in Indonesia. The data analyzed descriptively and inferentially. The results indicated that high school students had moderate mathematics anxiety. The male students had lower mathematics anxiety than female students, but no significant mean difference. The 12th grade students had higher in mathematics anxiety, followed by the 10th and 11th respectively. There is a significant difference in the mean scores of mathematics anxiety based on grade students between the 10th and 11th grade students. It can be concluded that the 11th grade students were more positive in dealing with things related to mathematics. Students at Social Program had higher mathematics anxiety, but no significant than Science Program and Chemical Industry Program. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Graduate School, Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia; Department of Mathematics Education, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia
