How mathematics anxiety affects students' inflexible perseverance in mathematics problem-solving: Examining the mediating role of cognitive reflection.
Ronghuan JiangRu-de LiuJon StarRui ZhenJia WangWei HongShuyang JiangYan SunXinchen FuPublished in: The British journal of educational psychology (2020)
Mathematics anxiety was showed to impair students' ability to engage in deliberate reasoning and was associated with inflexible use of strategies. Alleviating students' mathematics anxiety should be considered when promoting students' strategic flexibility.