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Peer reviewedWieschenberg, Agnes Arvai – College Teaching, 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
Peer reviewedPowell, Lois – Journal of Negro Education, 1990
Large numbers of African Americans learn early in life that they fail to perform adequately in mathematics and science, resulting in helplessness syndromes. Learned helplessness in science and mathematics can be ameliorated through desensitization of mathematics phobia, freeing educational environments of crowding and noise, and special career…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Black Students, Career Choice, Educational Environment
