The Relationship Between Math Anxiety and Math Achievement: Differentiating the Role of Learning Math Anxiety and Math Evaluation Anxiety.

Background: Math anxiety (MA) is considered one of the variables that cause poor performance in contexts where mathematical competence is required.

Subjects And Methods: The survey involved 28 Italian students in the first year of secondary school (corresponding to grade nine of English-speaking schools and of the Italian INVALSI evaluation system). The students, examined at the beginning of the school year, scored below the threshold of sufficiency in the calculation skills assessment test.