Math Without Fear

Download or read book Math Without Fear written by Joseph G. R. Martinez and published by Allyn & Bacon. This book was released on 1996 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 students: 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.