ERIC Number: EJ1409851
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-0256-8543
EISSN: EISSN-2150-2641
A Pilot Math Anxiety Storybook Approach to Normalize Math Talk in Children and to Support Emotion Regulation
Dominic Petronzi; Gail Schalkwyk; Rebecca Petronzi
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, v38 n1 p145-163 2024
Research and education stakeholders in the United Kingdom (UK) acknowledge math anxiety as a detriment to learning math and associated with performance deficits, avoidance, and limiting career opportunities. Support approaches and strategies have typically focused on instruction and emotion regulation, but not necessarily in younger children using a more sustainable resource, such as a targeted storybook approach. Therefore, in this qualitative study, children age 6-7 years (N = 15) across two UK primary schools took part in 1:1 discussion surrounding engagement with a math anxiety storybook approach. Following reflexive thematic analysis, three global themes were identified: [A] Math Application: (1) counting; and (2) mathematical language; [B] Strategies: (1) social learning; and (2) resilience and self-regulation; and [C] Emotive Responses: (1) perceptions of self and math; and (2) success and happiness. Overall, our findings suggest that children successfully engaged with a storybook approach - with integrated math problems - that normalized math talk in a non-judgment-based environment and led to more positive perspectives of math and more resilient approaches and solutions. We discuss these findings in relation to developing emotion regulation using a sustainable and flexible resource.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Grade 2, Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Education, Emotional Response, Social Emotional Learning, Students with Disabilities, Childrens Literature, Self Concept, Student Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 2; Primary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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