The effect of complex elaboration strategies on mathematical anxiety and academic achievement of primary school male students in Sirik city

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of complex elaboration strategies on mathematical anxiety and academic achievement of primary school male students in Sirik city in 2009-2010. The research method was applied and quasi-experimental. The statistical population of the study includes all male elementary school students in Sirik city. The method was multi-stage random cluster sampling in which 60 people were divided into experimental and control groups (30 people in each group). Mathematical anxiety questionnaire and math lesson scores were collected for both groups, and then only 8 sessions of complex strategy development classes were conducted for the experimental group, and no training was provided for the control group, then again the post-test questionnaires for both The group performed. Data were collected and analyzed using analysis of covariance in SPSS19 statistical software. Findings showed that there is a significant difference between the control and experimental groups in math anxiety and students 'academic achievement. As a result, complex description strategies are effective in math anxiety and students' academic achievement.