Perbandingan Kecemasan Matematika pada Siswa Sekolah Indonesia Kuala Lumpur Berdasarkan Usia dalam Asesmen Formatif

Abstract

This study is descriptive-comparative quantitative research that aims to compare mathematics anxiety between early and late adolescent students and analyze the relationship between mathematics anxiety and student age. The study involved 18 students, and the data was collected using a math anxiety questionnaire adapted from Mahmood & Khatoon. Data analysis was carried out using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test to test normality and variance homogeneity, and the t-test to compare the mean mathematical anxiety between the two age groups. In addition, the Pearson correlation test was used to assess the relationship between math anxiety and age. The t-test results showed a p-value of 0.078, greater than 0.05, which means there was no significant difference in math anxiety between early and late adolescent students. However, Pearson's correlation test yielded a coefficient of -0.522 with a p-value of 0.026, suggesting a significant negative moderate relationship between math anxiety and age, meaning that math anxiety tended to be higher in younger students. In conclusion, although there was no significant difference in the mean of math anxiety between the two age groups, there was a significant moderate negative relationship between math anxiety and age. These findings encourage the need for further research with larger samples and propose improvements in the learning process through the application of differentiated approaches, emotional support, and formative assessments that take into account age factor.