Mathematics Anxiety of Grade VII Junior High School in East Jakarta Winda Ayuningtyas, Sufyani Prabawanto, Elah Nurlaelah
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
Abstract
Abstract- The purpose of this study was to determine the mathematics anxiety in urban areas like Jakarta which is the dominant area one of the advanced cities in Indonesia. This study focuses on how the image of mathematics anxiety of students in one junior high school in East Jakarta. This research used questionnaire design with descriptive analysis of qualitative. This study was conducted on 49 students of grade VII and discuss about 4 main indicators of mathematics anxiety, i.e. 1) Mathematics knowledge/understanding related to the things such as the emergence of a mind that he did not know enough about the mathematics; 2) Somatic related to the changes on the state of the individual body for example like sweating or heart beating fast; 3) Cognitive related to the changes in cognitive a person when dealing with mathematics such as unable to think clearly or be forgotten; 4) Attitude related to the attutudes that arise when someone has mathematics anxiety such as not confident to do the things that are asked or do not want to do it. Data were collected based on questionnaire which has been developed based on the 4 indicators.
