To date, few studies have explored how the interaction between math anxiety and working memory would affect different types of math tasks, especially in primary school children.

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 8 representative gaps

• Anxieties and Attitudes Related to Mathematics in Grades 3 and 6 (1995) · doi

  To address this gap in knowledge, the authors evaluated students in Grades 3 and 6 on measures of mathematics anxiety, school test anxiety, and attitudes toward mathematics to determine (a) whether different forms of mathematics anxiety exist, (b) whether mathematics test anxiety differs from school test anxiety, and (c) whether mathematics anxiety is related to different attitudes toward mathematics.

  Keywords: mathematics anxiety test whether school attitudes toward different address knowledge authors evaluated students grades measures
• Mathematics Anxiety in Young Children: An Exploratory Study (2013) · doi

  Although much is known about mathematics anxiety in older children and adults, little is known about when mathematics anxiety first emerges or its characteristics in young children.

  Keywords: known mathematics anxiety children older adults little first emerges characteristics young
• Test Anxiety and Academic Delay of Gratification (2009)

  Despite negative association between academic achievement and test anxiety, relatively little is known about how other factors, such as students' preference for delay gratification in an academic context, are related to test anxiety.

  Keywords: academic test anxiety despite negative association achievement relatively little known factors students preference delay gratification
• What’s metacognition got to do with the relationship between test anxiety and mathematics achievement? (2024) · doi

  Abstract Research examining the joint relationships between test anxiety, metacognition, and mathematics achievement revealing the mediational role of metacognition in the relationship between test anxiety and mathematics achievement is sparse.

  Keywords: test anxiety metacognition mathematics achievement abstract examining joint relationships revealing mediational role relationship sparse
• Exploring the Use of Mindful Deep Breathing as a Potential Tool for Reducing Math Test Anxiety in Middle School Students (2025) · doi

  Although academic skill-based and therapeutic interventions for reducing test and math anxiety are well-documented, limited research exists on brief, classroom-based techniques to alleviate test anxiety in real-world academic settings.

  Keywords: academic based test anxiety skill therapeutic interventions reducing math well documented limited exists brief classroom
• Test Kaygısı ve Test Yanıtlama Stratejileri Arasındaki İlişki (2014) · doi

  Many studies on test anxiety, test performance, and test taking have performed, whereas only a few studies have dealt with the relationship between test anxiety and test-taking skills.

  Keywords: test anxiety taking performance performed dealt relationship skills
• An Exploratory Study on the Effects of Attitude and Self-Efficacy on Math Achievement as Mediated by Math Anxiety (2023) · doi

  Although the impacts of math anxiety, attitude toward math, and math self-efficacy on math achievement have been well-defined in the relevant literature, the interrelations among these predictors to explain math achievement are understudied.

  Keywords: math achievement impacts anxiety attitude toward self efficacy well defined relevant literature interrelations among predictors
• The relationship between math anxiety and math performance: The moderating role of visuospatial working memory (2023) · doi

  To date, few studies have explored how the interaction between math anxiety and working memory would affect different types of math tasks, especially in primary school children.

  Keywords: math date explored interaction anxiety working memory affect different types tasks especially primary school children