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Stress, Time Pressure, Strategy Selection and Math Anxiety in Mathematics: A Review of the Literature

We review how stress induction, time pressure manipulations and math anxiety can interfere with or modulate selection of problem-solving strategies (henceforth “strategy selection”) in arithmetical tasks. Nineteen relevant articles were identified, which contain references to strategy selection and...

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Autores principales: Caviola, Sara, Carey, Emma, Mammarella, Irene C., Szucs, Denes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5585192/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28919870
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01488
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description We review how stress induction, time pressure manipulations and math anxiety can interfere with or modulate selection of problem-solving strategies (henceforth “strategy selection”) in arithmetical tasks. Nineteen relevant articles were identified, which contain references to strategy selection and time limit (or time manipulations), with some also discussing emotional aspects in mathematical outcomes. Few of these take cognitive processes such as working memory or executive functions into consideration. We conclude that due to the sparsity of available literature our questions can only be partially answered and currently there is not much evidence of clear associations. We identify major gaps in knowledge and raise a series of open questions to guide further research.
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spelling pubmed-55851922017-09-15 Stress, Time Pressure, Strategy Selection and Math Anxiety in Mathematics: A Review of the Literature Caviola, Sara Carey, Emma Mammarella, Irene C. Szucs, Denes Front Psychol Psychology We review how stress induction, time pressure manipulations and math anxiety can interfere with or modulate selection of problem-solving strategies (henceforth “strategy selection”) in arithmetical tasks. Nineteen relevant articles were identified, which contain references to strategy selection and time limit (or time manipulations), with some also discussing emotional aspects in mathematical outcomes. Few of these take cognitive processes such as working memory or executive functions into consideration. We conclude that due to the sparsity of available literature our questions can only be partially answered and currently there is not much evidence of clear associations. We identify major gaps in knowledge and raise a series of open questions to guide further research. Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5585192/ /pubmed/28919870 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01488 Text en Copyright © 2017 Caviola, Carey, Mammarella and Szucs. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5585192/
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