Math Anxiety Essay

One way to help prevent math anxiety is to develop strong sills and a positive attitude toward math. There are many ways to help prevent math anxiety in children. There are strategies for the teachers, parents and the students themselves. Researchers have found that teachers with math anxiety or a negative view of math contribute to the development of math anxiety in their students. Students are more likely to mimic the attitudes of their teachers. Teachers attend workshops on new research-based best practices for teaching math and become more informed about the effects of math anxiety by reading related literature and attending conferences on the topic. Teachers should also be encouraged to network with each other about issues and ideas surrounding

Math anxiety can follow someone all the way through their adult life. Since catching it early is very important school psychologists should know how to identify and have intervention techniques to help the children in their school. Math anxiety fits into domain 2.3, The School Psychologist in the role of instructional (Academic) consultant. School psychologists have knowledge of biological, cultural, and social influences on academic skills; human learning, cognitive, and developmental processes; and evidence based curriculum and instructional strategies (National Association of School Psychologists, 2010). It is important as a School Psychologist to meet the needs of the student.

CONCLUSION

In conclusion math anxiety can impact a student in many ways and its very important to help children be comfortable with math. There are long and short term effects to developing math anxiety. This paper has gone over the history of math anxiety, how it begins, the relevance of it, Prevention and management and possible interventions. This topic is important to school psychologists for many reasons. As school psychologists we should look out for students that have math anxiety and also work with teachers to make sure it doesn’t