Comments on: Girls learn lesson in math anxiety

By: Dreama Rose

Dreama Rose — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:57:57 +0000

I believe that while you guys are both right to a certian point about girls having mor math anxiety in class because of the female teachers. However there are ways for the teachers to correct that by letting the kids play 21, Life, or Monopoly. They learn how to manage money, add, subtract, divide and multiply all while having fun and interaction with others. That is how my parents taught me. I mean Yahtzee was are biggest game we played alot. That and the Career board game which was always fun too.

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By: Keith Mitchell

Keith Mitchell — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:07:34 +0000

Thanks Elizabeth, not being the author or researcher, I can’t respond in a creditable way, but can say at the 4 interviews are an effort of a classroom teacher, Ms. Paramoure, to apply the research findings of Dr. McGlone in the classroom. You would have to listen to the research report section of the podcast to see the context that this section is discussing. I thought readers might enjoy seeing the additional research represented by Dr. McGlone’s work. Episodes 3-11 represent the research itself.
Keith

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:57:51 +0000

I listened to some of the podcast but didn’t have time to finish it. I think the podcast was about the ‘reframing’ technique teachers could use in the classroom to ease anxiety over test grades. While I agree that choosing your words carefully to focus on the positive attributes grades reveal about a student’s test taking skills, I think the technique sounds like remediation for pre-service teachers. The technique is NOT early intervention for the same people who had some bad experiences, e.g. in math class, and later became teachers. Now more than ever, I am really curious about those girls who overcame (or never had) anxiety over math classes taught by math-phobic women teachers. Who are these little girls? Are they the older children in the class? Do they have brothers and how old? Do they come from wealthy families? Did they attend preK classes? Where do they live? Do they have working class parents or are their parents professionals? Do they get along with other little girls or are they hanging out with everyone in the classroom? Are they better at some subjects, all subjects, or just math?

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By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:05:26 +0000

Listen to keynote and interviews on Stereotype Threat research.

itpc://thetrc.org/podcast-ed/stereotypethreat/Stereotype_Threat_by_Matt_McGlone_20081014_142618-0500.rss

By: Sushanta

Sushanta — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:42:11 +0000

Good point Elizabeth!!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:40:11 +0000

If girls start out anxious about math and leave K-12 school with a bad impression,then they’ll avoid math classes in college and perpetuate a damaging math attitude. But what about that very small group of girls who overcame any ‘anxiety’ and did not confirm the stereotype? We need to learn more about them and their demographics. Perhaps if we understand the confident elementary aged savvy girl math student, then maybe we can head off the problem well before women take math education courses in teacher colleges!