ERIC Number: EJ1097774
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 10
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Taking Math Anxiety out of Math Instruction
Shields, Darla J.
NADE Digest, v3 n1 p55-64 Spr 2007
To take math anxiety out of math instruction, teachers need to first know how to easily diagnose it in their students and second, how to analyze causes. Results of a recent study revealed that while students believed that their math anxiety was largely related to a lack of mathematical understanding, they often blamed their teachers for causing their math anxiety. Students expressed that teacher attitudes and teaching styles were often the cause and they could clearly remember the teacher's name. Strategies for the classroom instructor will be discussed to help instructors develop students who love math. Instructors, who address cognitive skills while instilling positive attitudes and interest in the subject, will develop anxiety-free mathematics students.
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Styles, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Mathematics, Negative Attitudes, Rating Scales, Etiology, Teacher Role, Mathematics Achievement, Self Esteem, Affective Behavior, College Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale
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