Math anxiety: Past research, promising interventions, and a new interpretation framework

G Ramirez, ST Shaw, EA Maloney - Educational psychologist, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Mathematics anxiety is a pervasive issue in education that requires attention from both
educators and researchers to help students reach their full academic potential. This review …

Mathematics anxiety: What have we learned in 60 years?

A Dowker, A Sarkar, CY Looi - Frontiers in psychology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The construct of mathematics anxiety has been an important topic of study at least since the
concept of “number anxiety” was introduced by Dreger and Aiken, and has received …

The future of embodied design for mathematics teaching and learning

D Abrahamson, MJ Nathan, C Williams-Pierce… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
A rising epistemological paradigm in the cognitive sciences—embodied cognition—has
been stimulating innovative approaches, among educational researchers, to the design and …

Anxiety and working memory capacity: A meta-analysis and narrative review.

TP Moran - Psychological bulletin, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Cognitive deficits are now widely recognized to be an important component of anxiety. In
particular, anxiety is thought to restrict the capacity of working memory by competing with …

The math anxiety-performance link: A global phenomenon

AE Foley, JB Herts, F Borgonovi… - Current directions in …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Demand for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professionals is on
the rise worldwide. To effectively meet this demand, many governments and private …

On the relationship between math anxiety and math achievement in early elementary school: The role of problem solving strategies

G Ramirez, H Chang, EA Maloney, SC Levine… - Journal of experimental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Even at young ages, children self-report experiencing math anxiety, which negatively relates
to their math achievement. Leveraging a large dataset of first and second grade students' …

The chicken or the egg? The direction of the relationship between mathematics anxiety and mathematics performance

E Carey, F Hill, A Devine, D Szücs - Frontiers in psychology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
This review considers the two possible causal directions between mathematics anxiety (MA)
and poor mathematics performance. Either poor maths performance may elicit MA (referred …

The math anxiety-math performance link and its relation to individual and environmental factors: A review of current behavioral and psychophysiological research

H Chang, SL Beilock - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Math anxiety is highly prevalent across countries and is negatively related to
math proficiency.•Individual and environmental factors relate to the math anxiety-math …

“I can math!”: Reducing math anxiety and increasing math self-efficacy using a mindfulness and growth mindset-based intervention in first-year students

TS Samuel, J Warner - … College Journal of Research and Practice, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Math anxiety is a debilitating problem that affects many community college students.
Neuropsychological research suggests that negative rumination when anticipating math …

Disentangling the individual and contextual effects of math anxiety: A global perspective

NTT Lau, Z Hawes, P Tremblay… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Math anxiety is a common affective disorder in students that is characterized by intrusive
thoughts that disrupt critical cognitive resources required for math problem-solving …