{"id":339623,"date":"2021-09-02T17:55:22","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T09:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edureachlearn.com\/?p=339623"},"modified":"2021-09-02T17:55:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T09:55:22","slug":"what-is-math-anxiety-how-to-overcome-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kidznizmo.com\/elearning\/what-is-math-anxiety-how-to-overcome-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Math Anxiety? How to overcome it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>What is Math Anxiety? How to overcome it?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many students claim not to like math. But for some, the issue with math is more than simply disliking algebra or fractions. For some students, doing math can cause negative emotions like fear of failure. This harms their ability to perform. This is called \u2018Math Anxiety\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, what is it?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Math anxiety impacts students as early as primary school by affecting their working memory. Working memory is like a \u2018mental scratchpad\u2019. It is important when we need to keep track of numbers. But this working memory can be disrupted by math anxiety in both primary and secondary school students. This can lead students with math anxiety to be as much as half a school year behind their peers in math.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What causes math anxiety?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>The pressure caused by time limits on tests<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The deadlines that timed tests impose on students lead them to feel anxious. This leads them to forget concepts that they have no problem remembering at home. Since these tests can have a negative impacts on grades, the student\u2019s fear of failure is confirmed.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>The fear of public embarrassment<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Math anxiety has also been liked to negative emotions from the past. If a student has been scolded for getting an answer wrong, it can make their anxiety worse. The same is true if they have been embarrassed in front of others.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Influence of teachers<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students can also pick up on their teacher\u2019s feelings about math. If a teacher is excited and positive about math, the students will be as well. But if educators are negative about it, it can have the opposite effect.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are the symptoms of math anxiety?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b> Unusual nervousness when doing or thinking about math<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>&#8211;\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even thinking about the subject of math is enough to cause stress to the student.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><b> Passive behaviour<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>&#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The student is either too afraid of failure, or simply thinking about math brings so many negative emotions, that they are unwilling to even try.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><b> A feeling of being alone<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>&#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The student feels that they are the only one incapable of finding the solutions, even if the math extremely complicated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><b> Lack of confidence<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>&#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The student expects never to know the answers to math questions, so the student depends on other people to do math for them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><b> Panic during tests or when called on to answer questions<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>&#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The classroom becomes a major source of stress for the student, especially when he or she is taking a test or expected to contribute in class.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to prevent math anxiety?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b> Positive reinforcement<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>&#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students coping with math anxiety need to feel that they can excel in math. Review homework with your child and point out all the questions they got right. Put an emphasis on correct answers rather than mistakes. If possible, surround the student with positive teachers and students.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><b> Get a tutor<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>&#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teachers can have a great impact on a student\u2019s feelings toward math. Tutors can provide personal attention that is hard to get at school. They can help students work through their problems in a low-pressure environment. Tutoring can also improve students\u2019 self-confidence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Resource:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.oxfordlearning.com\/what-is-math-anxiety\/<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Math Anxiety? How to overcome it? Many students claim not to like math. But for some, the issue with math is more than simply disliking algebra or fractions. For some students, doing math can cause negative emotions like fear of failure. This harms their ability to perform. This is called \u2018Math Anxiety\u2019. &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":332,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-339623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kidznizmo.com\/elearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kidznizmo.com\/elearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kidznizmo.com\/elearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kidznizmo.com\/elearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kidznizmo.com\/elearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kidznizmo.com\/elearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":376236,"href":"https:\/\/kidznizmo.com\/elearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339623\/revisions\/376236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kidznizmo.com\/elearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kidznizmo.com\/elearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kidznizmo.com\/elearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}