Math without Fear: A Guide for Preventing Math Anxiety in Children - Softcover

Martinez, Joseph G. R; Martinez, Nancy C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205160212 ISBN 13: 9780205160211

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, 1996

Synopsis

B> This new book is a source of outstanding ideas, activities, guidelines, and tools for dealing effectively with an issue that impacts both teachers and math anxiety. The author draws techniques from educational psychology, puts math studies in the larger contexts of learning and cognition, develops therapies, and sets guidelines. It is a practical guide that shows how to identify and cope with anxieties, how to teach the curriculum without sacrificing student confidence or enthusiasm, how to motivate mathematics learning and maintain standards, and how to make math learning fun without avoiding difficult topics or diluting the challenge. Elementary school teachers. A Longwood Professional Book.

About this title

Synopsis

A guide to preventing math anxiety in children and in elementary teachers, offering an approach to teaching mathematics that integrates the affective and cognitive domains of learning and is rooted in social and cognitive constructivism. Shows how to assess math skills and attitudes, discusses avoiding ethnic and gender stereotypes, and emphasizes

Edition details

• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0205160212
• ISBN 13: 9780205160211
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 167