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Article: Equity for all students in the new millennium: disabling math anxiety.
- Article from:
- Intervention in School & Clinic
- Article date:
- November 1, 2002
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As educators, we must prepare all students to compete globally in a world that relies heavily on using mathematics confidently. This article presents suggestions for classroom teachers to help both prevent and reduce math anxiety for students, particularly students with learning disabilities.
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"I really don't like math, but I do okay."--Julie, 14
"I just don't like math; it's the same thing and big numbers, and I don't like big numbers."--Brian, 13
"When I hear the word math, I get goosebumps."--Starry, 9
"Math makes me shake."--Seth, 10
"When I think of math I don't get nervous, I get bored."--Chad, 11