Should Mathematics Be Taught In Schools

As discussed above, many students experience math anxiety in the traditional classroom. To reduce this problem, teachers should design classrooms that will make children feel more at ease. Studies have shown students learn best when they are active rather than passive learners (Spikell, 1993). Everyone is capable of learning, but they may have different learning styles. Therefore, lessons must be presented in a variety of ways.

Actually, to encourage students in working effectively, one of the most important thing is not to put down a wrong answer. Instead, their mistakes should be considered, because these actually help their brains to grow. The teacher should ask the student how s/he came up with this answer and compare it with the others. Sometimes, a wrong answer is only wrong because of a calculation mistake, but was perhaps achieved by a different reasoning process. The process itself is valuable and may have be done in the correct way.

For example, different ways to teach a new concept can be through acting, making cooperative groups, use of visual aids and manipulatives and hands on activities. Teachers can also make use of technology. For instance, Geogebra, which is a free software can be used when teaching vectors as it

They should instead help him/her to develop a good mindset and that, by working at it they will surely learn the contents and their brains will grow from the struggling process. Children should also see mathematics as a creative subject. One of the reasons for math anxiety is that this subject is often taught as 'there is only a single way to do this and should be done in this way only. For example, to find resultant vector, there are several ways to tackle the questions. Different methods include the 'head to tail method' and the parallelogram method. (link available at: