Descriptor
| Anxiety | 1 |
| Calculators | 1 |
| College Mathematics | 1 |
| Difficulty Level | 1 |
| Educational Research | 1 |
| Educational Technology | 1 |
| Higher Education | 1 |
| Mathematics Instruction | 1 |
| Problem Solving | 1 |
| Statistics | 1 |
| Stress Variables | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Fabrey, Lawrence J.; Roberts, Dennis M. – 1981
One hundred twenty-eight undergraduates were randomly assigned to one of four treatment conditions formed by crossing two levels of task difficulty (computationally easy or difficult problems) with two modes of calculation (solving by hand or calculator). When solving problems by hand, there was a large increase in state anxiety between easy and…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Calculators, College Mathematics, Difficulty Level
