Math Anxiety: 7 Simple Solutions
Math anxiety can affect a wide range of students, despite those students' actual knowledge and skill with math concepts. And overcoming math anxiety can seem as difficult to some as the toughest trigonometry and calculus problems you can imagine. But by providing the right approach and lots of support, you can make it simple and help your child overcome math anxiety. You may be surprised to learn just how it's done. Learn what to add, subtract, take away and carry over when it comes to helping your child feel comfortable with math.
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By Keren Perles
Does your kid freeze under the pressure of math tests? This normal yet frustrating condition is math anxiety. “Math anxiety seems to rob people of the brainpower they could otherwise use to perform well on, say, a math test,” says Sian Beilock, professor of psychology at the University of Chicago and author of Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have To. Fortunately, you have the power to reduce math anxiety. Learn how!
Change Your Attitude
Introduce the Math Muscle
Provide Role Models
Lower the Pressure
Record the Steps
Release Emotions
Prep for the Test
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