Reponse to group discussion on Skemp's article

 

I like how this group mentioned one way to improve the negative attitudes of math anxiety is to make "quizzes easy at the beginning of class to keep up with content and build confidence". In our group, we talked about how we as secondary teachers are one step behind because a lot of students would have had negative experience with math at their elementary ages. By the time they are in high school, they already have this preconceived mindset that math is difficult and they don’t like math. That's why I think It is important to build up the interest and motivation for students to keep their focus and interest in math.