Math Anxiety Self-Assessment
Please answer the following questions – honestly.
True or False:
1. I shake or feel sick when I walk into a math class.
2. I think I am the only one in my math class who is afraid.
Fill in the blank with a number from 1 – 5 to show how strong your anxiety for math is for each item.
Scale:
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5No anxiety / A little anxiety / Some anxiety / More anxiety / Always anxiety
I am anxious:
1. At the thought of taking a math course.
2. When I go into a math class.
3. When I open a math book.
4. When I study math alone.
5. When I do math with others watching.
6. When my teacher watches me do math.
7. When anyone in my family discusses a math problem.
8. When I have to make change in a store to buy something.
9. When people at school or work (friends) discuss math.
10. When my parents or friends explain a math problem to me.
Use this scale of 1 -5 to answer the following questions:
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5Strongly disagree / Disagree / Agree sometimes / Agree / Strongly agree
1. I have always been uncomfortable with math.
2. I really don’t know how to understand, learn and remember math.
3. I memorize information well.
4. I never really liked math.
5. I have never read a math book at school.
6. I have had upsetting experiences with math.
7. I have been punished for poor math performance.
8. For as long as I remember, I get nervous when family members talk about math.
9. I get nervous when friends talk about math.
Please put a check next to the symptoms you have experienced when nervous or anxious about math.
Nausea / Hot tingling feelingsExtreme nervousness / Can’t hear teacher
Easily upset by noise, e.g., crumpling papers / Negative self-talk
Stomach ache / Blank brain
Sweaty palms / Shortness of breathe
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