摘要：The purpose of this research was to develop an scale to measure mathematics anxiety coping behavior of elementary school children. Of the fist 45 items sclected from a review of literature,33 items were selected by content validation,modification and revision. Validity,reliability,and item discrimination was based in responses of 1,831 subjects. Data were analyzed by facor analysis,correlation,Cronbach's a,mean,standard deviation,percentages,and t-test. The resulting Scale of Children's Mathematics Anxiety Coping Behavior consisted of 26 items with 5 factors : active problem solving,agressive emotion expression,aversive coping,passive coping,and seeking social support. Cronbach's a ranged from .67 to .86 for five factors. T-test showed the 26 items of the scale to be discriminant.
