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MATHEMATICS ANXIETY/PHOBIABY:

DEFINITIONThe panic, helplessness, paralysis, and mental disorganization that arises among some people when they are required to solve a mathematical problem.

(Tobias & Weissbrod, 1980)DEFINITIONFeeling of tension and anxiety that interfere with the manipulation of numbers and the solving of mathematical problems in a wide variety of ordinary life and academic situations.

(Gierl&Bisanz, 1995)DEFINITIONMathematics anxiety has to do with a sense of discomfort while required to work on mathematical problems.

(Hadfield & Trujillo, 1999;Ma , 2003)CHARACTERISTICS789Thank you