Assessing Domain Specificity in the Measurement of Mathematics Calculation Anxiety

Table 1

Questionnaire: Using the scale below (circling the relevant number), how anxious would you feel being asked to ……

	Not at all	Slightly	A fair amount	Much	Very much
1. Simplify the expression a + a + a.	1	2	3	4	5
2. Identify the prime numbers in the list 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21.	1	2	3	4	5
3. State Pythagoras’ theorem.	1	2	3	4	5
4. Work out the length of the diagonal of rectangle R.	1	2	3	4	5
5. Name the type of the special triangle T.	1	2	3	4	5
6. Name the type of the special quadrilateral P.	1	2	3	4	5
7. Find the area of quadrilateral P and triangle T.	1	2	3	4	5
8. Name and find the area of quadrilateral Q.	1	2	3	4	5
9. Find the value of angle x in A.	1	2	3	4	5
10. Find the value of angle x in B.	1	2	3	4	5
11. Compute the area and circumference of a circle of radius 3.	1	2	3	4	5
12. Evaluate the probability of getting a head when tossing a fair coin.	1	2	3	4	5
13. Evaluate the probability of getting two dots when rolling a fair dice.	1	2	3	4	5
14. Evaluate the probability of getting three or more dots when rolling a fair dice.	1	2	3	4	5
15. Evaluate the probability of getting a sum of 7 when rolling 2 dice.	1	2	3	4	5
16. Compute the average of numbers 11, 13, 15, 18, 21, 14, 30, 13, 12, 13, 12, 17.	1	2	3	4	5
17. Compute the mode of numbers 11, 13, 15, 18, 21, 14, 30, 13, 12, 13, 12, 17.	1	2	3	4	5
18. Compute the range of numbers 11, 13, 15, 18, 21, 14, 30, 13, 12, 13, 12, 17.	1	2	3	4	5
19. Write down the number of students who got 8 marks in the chart below.	1	2	3	4	5
20. Write down the mode for the data in the chart below.	1	2	3	4	5
21. Work out the range of the data in the chart below.	1	2	3	4	5
22. Add the numbers 12, 34, 48 and 66 without a calculator.	1	2	3	4	5
23. Work out 1.45 × 22.	1	2	3	4	5
24. Compute the sum obtained from 3 coins of 20p and 7 coins of 50p.	1	2	3	4	5
25. Compare the values of 5/8 and 70%.	1	2	3	4	5
26. Convert three and a half hours in minutes.	1	2	3	4	5