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Tobias, Sheila – College Teaching, 1991
One college math anxiety reduction clinic uses various techniques to change student attitudes toward math, including publicity and consciousness raising about the problem, having students write their "math autobiographies," group discussion and support, a divided-page exercise for recording feelings of anxiety, and assertiveness training for math…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College Mathematics
Bretscher, Ann S.; And Others – 1989
This study explored the relationship between students' high school mathematics courses and grades; the affective variables--mathematics anxiety, effectance motivation, and attitude toward success; and performance in the first quarter developmental studies algebra course. The study reports significant differences between males and females on…
Descriptors: Algebra, Attitude Measures, College Mathematics, High Schools
Ross, David B. – 1990
This document presents a handbook for high school and college counselors and teachers who work with students who have school anxiety. Chapter One defines school anxiety as a strong physical and psychological reaction to specific situations in school that seriously impairs the ability of the student to perform. General anxiety is described, along…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cognitive Restructuring, College Faculty, College Students