Math anxiety: trends, issues and challenges
Math anxiety: trends, issues and challenges

Summary/Abstract: Mathematics anxiety can be found in all ages, from pre-school to graduate students and beyond. Defined as feelings of tension and anxiety that interfere with the solution process and manipulation of mathematical problems in a wide variety of real-life applications, academic and non-academic situations, math anxiety may be manifested in both cognitive and affective processes; and it has been linked negatively to various indices of success and to detrimental effects on future career and professional development. The objective of the qualitative study is to determine the recent prevalence and intensity of math anxiety among in terms of age and gender, its different components, the link between math anxiety and math performance, various causes (e.g., social & cognitive) that explain math anxiety, and methods to alleviate math anxiety.

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