Objective To investigate difference of mathematics anxiety in gender and grade of junior middle school students. Methods Totally 380 students from 3 junior middle school of Shandong province attended the investigation. The Mathematics Anxiety Scale for Middle School Student used in the investigation was developed by ourselves. Results There is no significant difference in gender and grade on the whole scale. But, there is significant difference in gender on the subscale of exam result anxiety, and in grade on subscale of classroom anxiety. Conclusion The higher level of mathematics anxiety of girls comes from the fact that girls are less confident in learning mathematics. Students of junior three has higher level of classroom anxiety than students of junior one, from which we can get that students may feel the instructional content is a little difficult for them.
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