Math Anxiety Scale for Teachers - MAST

Technical Manual

Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Created: January 26, 2024

Last Modified: January 09, 2024 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC

Background

This script implements Millisecond's computerized version of the Math Anxiety Scale for Teachers (MAST) to assess anxiety teaching math.

References

Ganley, C. M., Schoen, R. C., LaVenia, M., & Tazaz, A. M. (2019). The Construct Validation of the Math Anxiety Scale for Teachers. AERA Open, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858419839702

Duration

2 minute

Overview

self-report measure consisting of 19 5-point Likert Scale questions.

Summary Data

File Name: xxx_summary*.iqdat

Data Fields

NameDescription
inquisit.version Inquisit version number
computer.platform Device platform: win | mac |ios | android
startdate Date script was run
starttime Time script was started
subjectid Assigned subject id number
groupid Assigned group id number
sessionid Assigned session id number
elapsedtime Time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script
completed 0 = Test was not completed
1 = Test was completed
mastGMA General math anxiety: total of subscales mastE, mastW, mastSE
mastE Subscale Emotionality (q1-q4)
mastW Subscale Worry (q5-q8)
mastSE Subscale Social/Evaluative (q9-q11)
mastATM Anxiety Teaching Math (q12-q19)
mastTotal Sum of all 19 response (range: 19-95)
The higher the score, the higher the math anxiety
Individual Responses To All 19 Questions

Raw Data

File Name: xxx.iqdat

Data Fields

NameDescription
date Date the session was run
time Time the session was run
subject, group, session With the current subject/groupnumber/session id
build Inquisit version number
q*_response Response given (in assigned values)
Scale: 1 (not true of me at all) - 5 (very true of me)
q*_latency How much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveypage with this particular
question (the last time this particular surveypage was visited)