Table 4.
Correlation coefficients for the exploratory factor analysis
| Spatial anxiety | Spatial competency | Often teach math | Years teach math | Teach math anxiety | NCTM alignment | Math efficacy | Math course level | Math course spatial | Math course spatial competency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | 2.24/5 | 3.56/5 | 1.73/6 | 13.17/48 | 28.99/58 | 3.10/4 | 2.96/4 | 2.83/5 | 3.60/5 | 3.14/5 |
| SD | 0.69/5 | 0.61/5 | 1.69/6 | 10.28/48 | 10.76/58 | 0.48/4 | 0.83/4 | 0.99/5 | 0.76/5 | 0.82/5 |
| Spatial anxiety | – |
− .41 *** |
.20 ns |
.00 ns |
.47 *** |
− .40 *** |
− .27 ns |
− .26 ns |
.09 ns |
− .36 ** |
| Spatial competency | – |
− .07 ns |
.11 ns |
− .19 ns |
.11 ns |
.39 *** |
.08 ns |
− .12 ns |
.25 ns |
|
| Often teach math | – |
− .38 ** |
.37 ** |
− .27 ns |
− .36 ** |
− .25 ns |
− .15 ns |
− .14 ns |
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| Years teach math | – |
− .28 ns |
.27 ns |
.23 ns |
.23 ns |
.09 ns |
.13 ns |
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| Teach math anxiety | – |
− .55 *** |
− .52 *** |
− .24 ns |
.00 ns |
− .44 *** |
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| NCTM alignment | – |
.23 ns |
.43 *** |
− .05 ns |
.31 * |
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| Math efficacy | – |
.23 ns |
− .11 ns |
.49 *** |
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| Math course Level | – |
.31 * |
.26 ns |
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| Math course Spatial | – |
.02 ns |
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| Math course Spatial competency | – |
Adjusted for multiple comparisons: ***p < .001; **p < .01; *p < .05; ns not significant
NCTM National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards