Low quality leads to boredom as well as fear and
anxiety about maths as a subject
Over the years and across many school locations — parents and carers have reported their own levels of stress and / or
anxiety about maths and these are often passed onto their own children.
Research has also demonstrated that poorer mathematics achievement is associated with
anxiety about maths and that young girls are more likely to underperform in a maths task if their mothers» endorse negative gender stereotypes (Carey, Hill, Devine, & Szὕcs, 2016; Tomasetto, Alparone, & Cadinu, 2011).
Not exact matches
In today's article we speak to Global Teacher Prize top 10 finalist Eddie Woo
about helping students overcome
maths anxiety and seeing the connections between mathematics and their life outside of the classroom.
The most compelling research evidence that Boaler presents is
about how time pressure provokes
math anxiety in many students.
«An elementary school teacher probably didn't go into teaching because he or she loved
math specifically — they probably love kids and they've had amazing experiences with kids... [teaching
math can be] very daunting for teachers who may have
anxiety about their own understanding.»