Overcoming Conditioned Helplessness in Mathematics.

Wieschenberg, Agnes Arvai

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ERIC Number: EJ486626

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Overcoming Conditioned Helplessness in Mathematics.

Wieschenberg, Agnes Arvai

College Teaching, v42 n2 p51-54 Spr 1994

A discussion of mathematics anxiety and learned helplessness in mathematics focuses on student failure and avoidance in college mathematics learning. It explores possible causes and suggests classroom activities to foster students' interest and success. (MSE)

Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, College Mathematics, Failure, Helplessness, Higher Education, Learning Motivation, Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Instruction, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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