RESEARCH ARTICLE
Development of Mathematical Anxiety Instruments with a Rasch Model Analysis
Karlimah Karlimah1, Dewi Andriani1, Dodi Suryana2, *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2020Volume: 13
First Page: 181
Last Page: 192
Publisher ID: TOPSYJ-13-181
DOI: 10.2174/1874350102013010181
Article History:
Received Date: 09/01/2020Revision Received Date: 21/04/2020
Acceptance Date: 03/05/2020
Electronic publication date: 31/07/2020
Collection year: 2020
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Background:
This study was motivated by a large number of students who feel anxious when dealing with mathematics, which is an unpleasant feeling characterized by the presence of worry, anxiety, confusion, and stress.
Objective:
This study aims to test the instruments of mathematical anxiety using Rasch Model analysis.
Materials and Methods:
The study used descriptive analysis with a cross-sectional design. Subjects of the study were elementary school students in grade VI SDN Margarahayu, 13 male and 5 female students in grade VI A, 9 male and 3 female students in grade VI B.
Results:
The results of the analysis show that the instrument has a poor or not maximum reliability value (α = 0.56). Likewise, the respondent's reliability value (α = 0.49) is in the weak category and the item reliability (α = 0.93) is in the excellent category.
Conclusion:
The analysis of the instrument shows that 2 items do not meet the standard criteria for the measurement, including number 16 as bias genders are more profitable for female students, and number 9 misfits because it is too difficult for most students to agree on. 3 items are categorized as very difficult, including item number P13, P11, and P12. There are 5 items in difficult category, which include numbers P9, P15, P14, P16, and P10. There are 4 items in the easy category, including P6, P5, P4, and P3. While the very easy category has 4 items, including numbers P1, P7, P2, and P8.
