Who's afraid of math?

About this episode

This episode discusses math anxiety and highlights significant research findings on the topic.

SHOW NOTES: Cat wants you to know she read a *lot* of research for this episode. Major highlights we specifically drew from, and quote sources, were aross three reviews: Cat found this one especially helpful and refers to it the most, and this review also proposes the Interpretation Account of math anxiety: Ramirez, G., Shaw, S. T., & Maloney, E. A. (2018). Math anxiety: Past research, promising interventions, and a new interpretation framework. Educational psychologis...

People in this episode

Hosts: Cat, Ashley Juavinett

Topics covered

• math anxiety
• education
• psychology
• research
• interventions

Keywords

• math anxiety
• education
• psychology
• research
• interventions
• interpretation framework

Mentioned in this episode

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

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