MATHEMATICS ANXIETY/PHOBIA

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MATHEMATICS ANXIETY/PHO

BIA

DEFINITIONS

EFFECTS/IMPLICATION

PREVENTIONSCAUSES

CHARACTERISTICS

DEFINITION“The panic, helplessness, paralysis, and mental disorganization that arises among some people when they are required to solve a mathematical problem”.

(Tobias & Weissbrod, 1980)

DEFINITION“Feeling of tension and anxiety that interfere with the manipulation of numbers and the solving of mathematical problems in a wide variety of ordinary life and academic situations”.

(Gierl&Bisanz, 1995)

DEFINITION“Mathematics anxiety has to do with a sense of discomfort while required to work on mathematical problems”.

(Hadfield & Trujillo, 1999;Ma , 2003)

Nausea

Shorteness of

breath

Sweating

Isolation

Loss of Self-

confidence

Math Avoidanc

e

CHARACTERISTICS

Causes

Examinations Pressure to perform well

People

Individual

Maths is for genius

Low proficiency

Adult/Parents Maths is hard

Teacher Ways of teaching

Peers Maths is difficult

Nature in Maths

Too much notations/formul

a

Cannot relate to real life

Implications/Effects

Short term

Afraid

Pressure

Physical anxiety

Long term

Lose confident

Parent cannot help their children

Bankruptcy

Prevention

Students

Exercises

Motivations

The way of study

Teachers

Teaching methods

Teaching tools

Attitude

Relationship

Parents

Moral support

Tuition

Collaboration with teachers

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