I hate Math

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In our link for today a wonderful article that explores why many children do not like math. One of the better quotes:

One child wrote “Maths is like chocolate cake” which at first glance appears to be most positiveuntil you read further as to why she felt this way. She went on to say, “Maths is like chocolate cake –because if you have too much you will get sick!”.

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Math anxiety can be like real pain

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A recent experience shows that the brain activity from people with a math anxiety is similar to brain activity from people anticipating real physical pain.

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Not Dyscalculia but Math Anxiety

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The OECD has done a piece of research to find out where the kids are most afraid of math. Turns out the kids in Tunesia are most terrified but the kids in the Netherlands seem to be cool with Math.

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Bad at math; but do you work on it?

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Research tells us that working on your math skills will have results, just saying “bad at math” is not enough. People with dyscalculia have the same opportunity, they just need to get the math taught in a different way.

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Math anxiety in students

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A study in Math anxiety among students across various majors is presented.

Math anxiety is a phenomenon that has increased over the 20th century, especially in the US.While emotional and disease models have been used to explain the experience, social learningtheories have increasingly been used to explain causality. The cost of math anxiety is high forsocieties because career choices, including those that rely on higher education, can be influencedby its presence.

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