Beliefs, Anxiety, and Avoiding Failure in Mathematics

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left"> </td><td align="center"> </td><td align="center">34 = 4 + —</td><td align="center"> </td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Age</td><td align="center">Sample</td><td align="center">Percentage of correct answers</td><td align="center">Percentage of  “no attempts”</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left"> 8 y</td><td align="center">225</td><td align="center">62.2</td><td align="center">10.2</td></tr><tr><td align="left">10 y</td><td align="center">220</td><td align="center">77.7</td><td align="center">5.5</td></tr><tr><td align="left">12 y</td><td align="center">173</td><td align="center">84.4</td><td align="center">2.9</td></tr><tr><td align="left">40–49 y</td><td align="center">129</td><td align="center">92.2</td><td align="center">1.6</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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