Education Quarterly Reviews
ISSN 2621-5799
Published: 03 May 2023
A Study of Mathematics Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs, Mathematics Teaching Anxiety and Motivation towards Teaching Mathematics
Belal Sadiq Rabab'h
University of Bahrain
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10.31014/aior.1993.06.02.741
Pages: 94-100
Keywords: Mathematics, Motivation, Anxiety, Self-Efficacy Beliefs, Teachers
Abstract
This study aimed to assess the relationship between the teaching self-efficacy beliefs, teaching anxiety and motivation towards teaching mathematics among Math teachers in schools. A total of 51 schools-teachers participated in the study, with 31 male teachers and 20 female teachers. The study variables were measured by instruments adopted from literature for data collection using the survey method. Based on the obtained results, there is a significant relationship between mathematics teaching anxiety and motivation towards teaching mathematics, but not between self-efficacy beliefs and mathematics teaching anxiety. This study concluded with recommendations for future research.
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