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Like germs, math phobia spreads in 1st grade
- 01-27-2010
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
A study that found that math-anxious female teachers pass on their fears to young girls underscores the need for more teacher training programs like Intel Math and, even better, the hiring of math specialists in early grades. The Los Angeles Times reported on the study, which was published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Two University of Chicago psychologists interviewed seven female first and second grade teachers who displayed a discomfort and expressed a lack of confidence in their math abilities. Their students were tested at the start and end of the school year. By spring, girls in those classes ended up believing the myth that boys are naturally better than girls in math, and their test scores had fallen relative to the boys in their class. (more...)
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