Math anxiety isn’t just about feeling nervous before a math test. It’s been well-known for decades that students who are anxious about math tend to do worse on math tests and in math classes ...

Longitudinal relations between parents' math anxiety at 3 years of age and children's mathematical development and math anxiety from 3 to 8 years of age. Credit: Journal of Experimental Child ...

Math anxiety, which can begin as early as kindergarten, negatively affects students’ math performance both in the moment and throughout their math education. Most research focuses on the affective or ...

"Math anxiety is just a persistent, negative emotional reaction to situations where math is involved or just perceived to be involved," Hatfield said.

A child’s early experiences with math can make a big difference in how they navigate numbers and solve mathematical problems ...

Susan Silver, Deconstructing Math Anxiety Susan Silver Susan Silver Susan Silver is a colleague and friend, a writer, who thinks of the world in patterns and numbers.

Decades of research shows math anxiety is a common problem for adults, and surveys show it particularly affects women, who make up nearly 90% of elementary teachers in the United States.

What happens in the classroom will matter for math anxiety, but how much those things matter will depend on the specific student. Practices that have been shown to inflame math anxiety for students ...

The math anxiety equation: How to solve for confidence in math class Brian Dean, UnboundEd May 5, 2025 To conquer math anxiety, we must first help students believe they are capable learners of ...

Math Anxiety Mathematics anxiety can be defined as “a feeling of tension and anxiety that interferes with the manipulation of numbers and the solving of mathematical problems” (Richardson and ...

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Math specialists say it is a pervasive issue in elementary classrooms, where educators are typically expected to teach every subject. It often leads to teachers spending less classroom time on math.