How Does Anxiety Influence Maths Performance and What Can We do About It?

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How Does Anxiety Influence Maths Performance and What Can We do About It? Volume/Issue Vol 6, Issue 4 Date Wednesday, 1 November, 2006 Journal Name MSOR Connections Author(s) David Sheffield Thomas Hunt Abstract Maths anxiety has been the focus of much psychological and educational research in the past few years. In this article, we review some of this research evidence and describe some of the work we have completed. In particular, we will describe what maths anxiety is and how it has been measured, describe some of the consequences of maths anxiety, and finally describe what can be done to alleviate difficulties associated with math anxiety. DOI doi:10.11120/msor.2006.06040019 File upload msor.6.4e.pdf [1] Taxonomy: work area Journals [2]