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LaGue, April; Eakin, Gene; Dykeman, Cass – Preventing School Failure, 2019
In this nonconcurrent, multiple-baseline, single-subject research study, the authors conducted a preliminary exploration of whether mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) can be expanded to the treatment of math anxiety. Three high school students who were assessed with high levels of math anxiety met individually twice a week for 6 weeks with…
Descriptors: Relaxation Training, Cognitive Restructuring, Therapy, Mathematics Anxiety
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Peeters, Aaron; Robinson, Viviane; Rubie-Davies, Christine – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
The aim of this study was to understand why some students avoid seeking help when they find classwork difficult. We employed a qualitative methodology to discover the theories in use that described and explained what high school students did and did not do when they did not understand in math classes. After 5 classroom observations of students'…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Help Seeking, High School Students, Mathematics Anxiety
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Santana, Macarena; Nussbaum, Miguel; Claro, Susana; Piza, Sebastián; Imbarack, Patricia; Loeb, Susanna – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2021
Even when parents have the time required to support their children's education, they can increase their children's anxiety about school when they try to help, especially if they are not confident in their own abilities. This study measures the effects of having parents complete nonacademic schoolwork with their teenage children. Half of the 422…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement