Comparative Analysis of the Impact of Mathematics Teaching Anxiety on Service and PreService Teacher Teaching Experience

Abstract

This study examines comparative analysis of the impact of 
mathematics teaching anxiety on service and pre-service teacher 
teaching experience. The study made use of simple random sampling 
For the study, four hundred (400) pre-service teachers were selected 
from Federal College of Education (Special) Oyo and Emmanuel 
Alayande College of Education Oyo. Among the pre-service teachers 
two hundred and seventy-five (275) were males and one hundred and 
twenty-five (125) were females. Two hundred (200) practice teachers 
out of which one hundred and seventy (170) were male and thirty (30) 
were female randomly selected across thirty secondary schools within
Oyo metropolis. The instrument used was Mathematics Teaching 
Anxiety Scale (MTAS) by Akinsola (2004) with r=0.92.The data were 
analyzed using t-test, appropriate recommendations were given based
on the findings of the study, it was recommended that mathematics 
practice and pre-service teachers should employ and adopt 
Mathematics teaching strategies that can alleviate the persistence 
mathematics anxiety.