The survey of relationship between the degree of mathematics anxiety in high school students and the personality characteristics of their mathematics teachers

The present research attempts to study the relationship between the mathematics anxiety in high school students and the personality characteristics of their mathematics teachers. From among the high school students, some 480 people were categorically chosen in accordance with their characteristics and 60 mathematics teachers were also chosen through this method. It was used the Mathematics Anxiety Questionnaire (mars) and the Neo Personality Inventory to collect the data. After data analysis, correlation coefficient, chi-square, the results were the following: There is a significant relationship between the students' mathematics anxiety and their teachers' personality characteristics. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. Huseyin Uzunboylu & Dr. Mukaddes Demirok, Near East University, Cyprus