Pedagogical competence of math teachers and math anxiety of students

Abstract

This study determined which domain in the pedagogical competence of math teachers best influences math anxiety of students. The quantitative-non-experimental design was used with the correlation technique. An adapted-modified questionnaire validated by the experts was used in gathering the data. The respondents of the study were the 284 Grade 10 students in Arakan district, North Cotabato during the school year 2017-2018 chosen by stratified random sampling procedure. The Mean, Pearson-r and Regression were the statistical tools employed in the analysis and interpretation of the data. Results revealed that the pedagogical competence of math teachers was high while the math anxiety of the students was moderate. Also, results showed that the pedagogical competence of math teachers and math anxiety of the students had a significant relationship, but no domain in pedagogical competence best influenced math anxiety of students.

Keywords: education, pedagogical competence, math anxiety, Philippines