This study is a survey research with a qualitative approach that aims to describe math anxiety in junior high school students. The research subjects were 141 students of state junior high schools and state islamic junior high schools in Bantul Regency who came from five schools in the high, moderate, and low categories. The sample in this research was determined using stratified proportional random sampling technique. The instrument used was in the form of a student math anxiety questionnaire consisting of 12 indicators which were broken down into 32 favorable and unfavorable statements. The results showed that math anxiety in junior high school students was at low criteria with an average score of 76.74. At the high level of math anxiety students are at low criteria with an average value of 73.07. Meanwhile, at the moderate level, math anxiety students are at low criteria with an average score of 77.30. Whereas at the low level of math anxiety students are at low criteria with an a...

The aim of this research study is to determine how students define their anxiety about learning mathematics, to determine the symptoms of anxiety and to define how anxiety occurs. The phenomenology research design was used in the study. A semi-structured interview form was used as a data collection tool in the research. The data were analyzed through the content analysis. The study group of the research consists of four male and four female 8th graders in two public secondary schools in Uluborlu district of Isparta. According to the results, students predominantly defined mathematics anxiety as frightening/scary. Also, students identified the symptoms of mathematics anxiety mostly as the theme of physical/physical symptoms. Students stated that sociological, psychological and philosophical dimensions were effective in the emergence of mathematical anxiety. Some students expressed common views on the sociological dimension-psychological and psychological-philosophical dimension. The ...