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Math anxiety, which can begin as early as kindergarten, negatively affects students’ math performance both in the moment and throughout their math education. Most research focuses on the affective or ...

Juggling numbers and mathematical problems in a nightmare—this is how math anxiety manifests itself in students' minds. A widespread phenomenon, it has firmly established its grip in America as well.

A little stress can motivate, but teachers increasingly report their students’ fears over math interfere with their learning. In a nationally representative survey conducted this spring, nearly all ...

For many people, the sight of numbers, equations, or even a simple calculation can trigger a feeling of panic. A fast beating ...

Sabrina Colon, a first-year student at University of California, Merced, remembers when math first became a problem. She says she’s not a math person, but she was able to pass her high school math ...

The end of the semester can be a nightmare for college students who get stressed out by exams. Up to 40% of students experience some test anxiety, with about half of those students suffering extreme ...

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ST. PAUL -- The path to high school graduation for Minnesota's next few graduating classes got significantly easier this month. The Class of 2010 was going to be the first required to pass a new ...