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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of self-efficacy, goal orientation and math anxiety on math performance of high school students, majoring in math, in Tehran, using a path analysis model. The sample was 240 (120 male and 120 female) second grade high school students who were selected by multi-stage sampling method. Several questionnaires were used for measuring goal orientation, math self-efficacy and math anxiety. Also, the final exam grades were used for measuring math performance. The results of path analysis showed that self-efficacy was not a good mediator between math anxiety and goal orientation, but the direct paths from mastery goal orientation to self-efficacy, from performance avoidance goal to math self-efficacy, and from math anxiety to math self-efficacy were significant. Finally, the modified model, with math anxiety as mediator, was tested and indicated a better fit.
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