Math anxious students report that they engage in avoidance and experience distress
Curious Kids. Involved Parents. Math Confidence.
2010 Research - The Answer to Overcoming Math Anxiety: Student’s Perceptions
The Answer to Overcoming Math Anxiety: Student’s Perceptions by Amelia Allen and Harvey Allen
Tchibozo, G., ed. (2010), Proceedings of the 2nd Paris International Conference on Education, Economy and Society, Vol. 1, Strasbourg (France): Analytrics
Predictors of achievement of math students
Quote from: The Answer to Overcoming Math Anxiety: Student’s Perceptions
by Amelia Allen, Harvey Allen
“In conclusion these studies have shown that students’ beliefs in one’s own ability are good predictors of achievement.”
Referring to:
Marzano, R. (2003).What works in schools. VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Ercikan, K., McCreith, T., & Lapointe, V. (2005, January). Factors associated with mathematics achievement and participation in advanced mathematics courses: An examination of gender differences from an international perspective. School Science and Mathematics. 105(1).
Higbee, J. L., Lundell, D. B., & Arendale, D. (Eds.). (2005). The General College vision: Integrating intellectual growth, multicultural perspectives, and student development. Minneapolis, MN: Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy, University of Minnesota.
Zan, R. & Di Martino, P. (2007). Attitude toward mathematics: Overcoming the positive/negative dichotomy. The Montana Mathematics Enthusiast, 3, 157 – 168.
Karimi, A. & Venkatsesan, S. (2009). Mathematics anxiety, mathematics performance and academic hardiness in high school students. International Journal Education Science 1(1), 33 -37.
…parents may influence their offspring’s attitudes in two more subtle ways: through their own anxiety, and through their own belief that abilities are fixed and can’t be improved (expressed in commonly-heard comments like “I’ve never been good at science,” and “I can’t do math to save my life”).
My neighbor found this and emailed it to me. I wish I had that book!
CASHIER: That’s $5.44.
ME: (looking through coins) Here’s $10.19.
CASHIER: (curious perplexed expression)
ME: I want to get back quarters.
CASHIER: (hands back $4.75) Your math is superb!
ME: (explains counting down til I hit a multiple of .25)
CASHIER: (smiles)
ME: It’s a lost art.
Great success story for a cashier!
This is from Barbara Curtis’s book Mommy, Teach Me to Read. Notice how it looks if you change “reading” to “doing math”.
Look at these anxiety levels! From the paper The Nature, Effects, and Relief of Mathematics Anxiety by Hembree, 1990
