MATHEMATICS ANXIETY/PHOBIA
BY:
DEFINITIONS
CHARACTERISTICS
EFFECTS/IMPLICATION
MATHEMATICS ANXIETY/PHOBIA
CAUSES
PREVENTIONS
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
Math Avoidance
Shorteness of breath
CHARACTERISTICS Loss of Selfconfidence
Sweating
Isolation
Examinations
Pressure to perform well
Maths is for genius Individual Low proficiency
Causes
Adult/Parents
Maths is hard
Teacher
Ways of teaching
People
Peers
Too much notations/formula Nature in Maths Cannot relate to real life
Maths is difficult
Afraid
Short term
Pressure
Physical anxiety Implications/Effects Lose confident
Long term
Parent cannot help their children
Bankruptcy
Exercises
Students
Motivations
The way of study Teaching methods Teaching tools Prevention
Teachers Attitude
Relationship
Moral support
Parents
Tuition Collaboration with teachers
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