Longitudinal relations between parents' math anxiety at 3 years of age and children's mathematical development and math anxiety from 3 to 8 years of age. Credit: Journal of Experimental Child ...

You don’t have to dig deep to uncover the negative feelings many people have about math. In one survey of U.S. adults, 93% reported they felt some apprehensiveness about the subject. In fact, “math ...

Does math make you a little nervous? You're in the majority. The phrase "number anxiety" was first coined by researchers back in the 1950s. By some estimates, as high as 93 percent of Americans feel ...

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 ...

Teenagers across the world are becoming more afraid of math. Math anxiety—feeling tense, worried, or helpless while doing or thinking about doing math—has risen over the past decade, according to self ...

A nonprofit started five years ago by a middle-schooler is making a difference by spurring passion among girls in math and science fields through its “math-first” approach. Now Mission:MathMinds is ...

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 ...

One of my first vivid memories of math is of timed tests. I still remember how visceral my panic felt–sweaty palms, heart pounding–as I scrambled to recall facts before the clock ran out. You might ...

I’m seated at my fake-wood desk in Ms. Glaser’s second grade classroom. My yellow #2 pencil is newly sharpened and the timer is set. Begin! 60, 59, 58….I shout the problems in my head: “five plus 8” ...

No matter the age, there's one school subject that just doesn't add up for many people, and trying to solve it can bring nerves and even fear. Balancing weights, measuring steps and stacking blocks ...

A study by a team of Stanford University scientists shows that the brain function of young students who suffer from math anxiety differs from that of their peers who don’t. The study, led by Vinod ...