Investigation of the relationship between middle school students' mathematics anxiety levels and mathematics attitudes

The main purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between secondary school students' anxiety levels and attitudes towards mathematics in the context of the Niğde province sample. The study was carried out in the 2022-2023 academic year on the basis of the correlative research model. The data used in the study were collected from students continuing their education in secondary schools in Niğde center. The study group of the research includes 106 (49.5%) female and 108 (50.5%) male students. In terms of demographic information, 36 (17%) of the students are in the 5th grade, 44 (21%) are in the 6th grade, 68 (32%) are in the 7th grade and 66 (31%) are in the 8th grade who continues his/her education in the classroom. When the distribution of students according to their mother's education level is examined, the mothers of 47 (22%) students are primary school graduates, the mothers of 51 (23.8%) students are secondary school graduates, the mothers of 66 (30.8%) students are high school graduates and the mothers of 50 (23.4%) students are university graduates. According to the educational status of the participating students' fathers, 23 (10.7%) were primary school graduates, 40 (18.7%) were secondary school graduates, 76 (35.5%) were high school graduates and 75 (35%) were university graduates. While 186 (86.9%) of the students have their own room, 28 (13.1%) do not have their own room. When the students' weekly mathematics course study time was examined, it was seen that 12 of them (5.6%) did not study at all, and 101 of them (47.2%) studied for 1-3 hours. Additionally, it was determined that 69 of them (32.2%) worked for 4-6 hours and 32 of them (15.5%) worked for 7 hours or more. Finally, while 181 (84.6%) of the students use a technological device to study, 33 (15.4%) do not use any technological device. As a result of the research, it was concluded that there was a statistically significan trelationship between secondary school students' mathematics anxiety and mathematics attitude.