Maths anxiety: what it is, what causes it, and how it can be overcome

2 years, 8 months ago

Maths anxiety: what it is, what causes it, and how it can be overcome

Michelle Tregoning remembers the first time she felt nervous about maths like it was yesterday. Ms Tregoning's experience is a classic case of "maths anxiety" — the fear, dread and worry many people experience when they have to tackle a numerical task. But even if it feels like numbers will always be your worst enemy, the good news is maths anxiety doesn't have to rule your life, Dr Buckley said. " "People get sweaty palms … their brain locks up and they can't remember anything," said Eddie Woo, a secondary maths teacher at Cherrybrook Technology High School in Sydney. Even though maths anxiety can convince you that you are "bad" at anything that involves numbers, research suggests that it has little to do with your actual abilities.

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