Exploring mathematics anxiety among first year business students: UniMAP experience

Mathematics anxiety is a physiological barrier that affects all aspects of teaching and learning mathematics. It is a threat that mathematics lecturer must overcome in order to give a meaningful teaching and learning process. The purpose of this study was to explore mathematics anxiety among business students in University Malaysia Perlis. The research examines the differences in mathematics anxiety levels according to gender, race as well as highest entrance qualification utilizing quantitative approach. All the students in first year of business students were involve in answering the questionnaire. The instrument to measure mathematics anxiety level was Abbreviated Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale (A-MARS). The study offer some insight regarding mathematics anxiety among gender, race and highest qualification entrance.