The Effect of Multimedia Teaching on Math Anxiety Reduction and Continuity of LSD Students Learning

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of multimedia teaching on math anxiety
reduction and continuity of LSD student learning. The method of this study was quasiexperimental
and pre-test and post-test design with a control group. In this study 30 students
with learning difficulties in mathematics were selected among total number of 2690 male
students in fifth grade in Qaemshahr through cluster multi-stage random sampling. 30
participants were randomly assigned in two groups including one control group and one
treatment group with 15 students in each group. In order to analyze this research Betz math
test was perfomed, in three phases consisting pre-test, post-test and follow-up test and data
analysis was done through SPSS software. Then, using a mixed analysis of variance, analysis
of variance of repeated measurements to compare the level of significance was discussed.
The results show that post hoc LSD test results for comparison of math anxiety scores in the
experimental group showed that there is significant difference between the pre-test and
follow-up scores. But there is no significant difference between the pre-test and post-test
scores, and there is no significant difference between the post-test and follow-up scores.
It can be concluded that although educational software program did not reduce math anxiety
among students with math difficulties after using it, follow-up tests performed 3 months after
treatment showed the significant difference with the pre-test.