This paper discusses the problems associated with mathematics anxiety, and provides detailed information on the history and structure of the Mathematics Anxiety Program at the University of Minnesota. The seven parts concern: (1) the Continuing Education for Women Program, (2) the development of the Math Anxiety Program, (3) the symptoms of…

Describes a remedial approach which provides math and communications instruction for applied arts and technology students. Looks at the problems of lack of time and math anxiety. Provides examples of math problems that show "real life" applications of math skills. Recounts how the problems are used in the classroom. (AYC)

Several programs to alleviate math anxiety are now being conducted for elementary and secondary teachers, as well as for high school and college students. (Author/MLF)

A mediating approach is implemented into a section of Block I courses elementary pre-service teachers took in a cohort setting in Spring 2002. The paper discusses the components of the approach as well as the logistics of the initial implementation. Furthermore, the paper provides qualitative and quantitative analysis of a set of data gathered…

Lower Columbia College (LCC) offers students who need developmental mathematics instruction a variety of courses and instructional formats. In 1977, the developmental mathematics curriculum consisted of two courses: Review Mathematics, offered only through the Math Lab with both desirable and undesirable effects; and Elementary Algebra, offered…

Presents a description of a remedial mathematics program conducted at Bronx Community College, New York, that served a largely Black and Hispanic population. Outlines several techniques for enabling students to overcome their difficulties with mathematics. (APM)

Two faculty members in the department of mathematical sciences at a four-year university, with teacher-education experience, presented a workshop for in-service elementary and middle-school teachers. The intention was to address affective aspects of teaching including: teacher efficacy, learning styles, cognitive dissonance, relaxation, and…

Reviews literature on the sources of math anxiety. Decribes San Bernardino Valley College's course, "Math Without Fear," which is team-taught by a mathematician and psychologist, introduces relaxation exercises, employs guest speakers with math anxiety experiences, and discusses the nature and history of math. Examines results. (DMM)

The question of whether females have less mathematical ability than males is discussed. Games are described that show sex differences and how they have been used to demonstrate the "inferiority" of females. Everyone suffers, it is suggested, when ability is not utilized and potential is ignored. (MLW)

The Family Math Program is an outgrowth of the Equals Program at the Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley. Piloted in 1982 in Richmond, California, this widespread program boasts a simple philosophy: Families "doing math" will get the same result as families who read--improved skills and enjoyment. The program also confronts parental…

Gives examples of classroom organization and instructional techniques that use, rather than ignore, subcultural differences in learning styles in order to increase minorities' achievement in mathematics. (GC)

Ways in which students struggle with academic anxiety and what educators can do to help are explored in this book. The book presents examples involving students in grades K-12 who represent diverse backgrounds and were drawn from classrooms and from academic therapy sessions. How academic anxiety looks and feels from the student's point of view is…

Teachers at a K-8 urban school in Phoenix, Arizona, worked to develop an effective math program that generated student interest and positive self-esteem. They eventually set aside classroom and large enclosed porch area to house math manipulative lab, where children could learn new concepts at concrete level. Results are excitement about math and…

Teaching difficulties often require creative approaches. Difficulties are often compounded when students in class show anxiety toward the material presented and, in particular, in the case of quantitative methods--"fear of numbers." This case presented itself in an advanced course in health behavior theory, where teaching the concepts of validity…

A variety of techniques for incorporating writing--the writing of letters, the keeping of logs, the devising of word problems--into the mathematics curriculum are discussed. The benefits from using an integrated approach are indicated. (DG)