Stress, Time Pressure, Strategy Selection and Math Anxiety in Mathematics: A Review of the Literature

We review how stress induction, time pressure manipulations and math anxiety can interfere with or modulate selection of problem-solving strategies (henceforth “strategy selection”) in arithmetical tasks. Nineteen relevant articles were identified, which contain references to strategy selection and time limit (or time manipulations), with some also discussing emotional aspects in mathematical outcomes. Few of these take cognitive processes such as working memory or executive functions into consideration. We conclude that due to the sparsity of available literature our questions can only be partially answered and currently there is not much evidence of clear associations. We identify major gaps in knowledge and raise a series of open questions to guide further research.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Frontiers in Psychology

• Publication date

  2017-09-01

• Fields of study

  Mathematics, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01488PMID 28919870PMCID 5585192
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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