Mathematics Anxiety Resource List

Mathematics Anxiety resources:

 Books:

Balswick, J.O., King, P.E., & Reimer, K.S. (2016). The reciprocating self: Human development in theological perspective (2nd ed.). Inter-Varsity Press.

Bay-Williams, J. M., & Sangiovanni, J. J. (n.d.). Figuring Out Fluency in Mathematics Teaching and Learning, Grades K-8: Moving Beyond Basic Facts and Memorization. Corwin Publishers.

Blythe, T. (1998). The teaching for understanding guide. Jossey-Bass Publishers. San Francisco, California, USA.

Corey, G. (2017). Theory and practice of counselling and psychotherapy (10th ed.). Cengage Learning.

Hansen, M. (2021). Math for all. Tbr Books.

Horvath, J.C., Bott, D. (2020). 10 Things Schools Get Wrong: and How We Can Get Them Right. John Catt Educational. Melton, Woodbridge.

Kellams, T. (2020). Smart goals: Understanding of the Smart method for goal setting and achievement. Independently Published.

Locke, E.A., & Latham, G.P. (2002). Building a practically useful theory of goal setting and task motivation. American Psychologist, 57 (9), 705-717. doi: 10.1037//0003-066X.57.9.705

Lockhart, P. (2009). A Mathematician’s Lament. New York, NY.

Liljedahl, P. (2018). Building thinking classrooms. In Advances in mathematics education (Berlin. Internet) (pp. 307–316). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92390-1_29

Van Der Kolk, B. (2014). The body keeps the score: Mind, brain and body in the transformation of trauma. Penguin Books.

Willis, J. (2010). Learning to Love Math: Teaching Strategies That Change Student Attitudes and Get Results. Alexandria, VA.

Wolfram, C. (2020). The Math(s) Fix: an education blueprint for the AI age. Wolfram Media Inc. Champaign.

Research Papers:
Beilock, S. L., & Willingham, D. T. (2014). Math Anxiety: Can Teachers Help Students Reduce It? Ask the Cognitive Scientist. American educator, 38(2), 28.

Buckley, S., Reid, K., Goos, M., Lipp, O. V., & Thomson, S. (2016). Understanding and addressing mathematics anxiety using perspectives from education, psychology and neuroscience., 60(2), 157–170.

Cates, G. L., & Rhymer, K. N. (2003). Examining the relationship between mathematics anxiety and mathematics performance: An instructional hierarchy perspective. Journal of Behavioral Education, 12(1), 23–34. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022318321416

Ian M. Lyons, Sian L. Beilock, Mathematics Anxiety: Separating the Math from the Anxiety, Cerebral Cortex, Volume 22, Issue 9, September 2012, Pages 2102–2110, https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhr289

Kenneth R. Koedinger, Paulo F. Carvalho, Ran Liu, and Elizabeth A. McLaughlin. An astonishing regularity in student learning rate, Edited by Douglas Medin, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; March 20, 2023 120 (13) e2221311120 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2221311120

Maloney, E. A. (2019). Negative Emotions in the Math Classroom: Anxiety and Stereotype Threat, In Gender Report 2018. Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute, I. Koch (editor).

The Anti-Anxiety Curriculum: Combating Math Anxiety in the Classroom https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281089312_The_Anti-Anxiety_Curriculum_Combating_Math_Anxiety_in_the_Classroom

Maths Anxiety Students, Pre- and In-Service Teachers
https://amsi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/researchreport4-maths_anxiety_students_and_teachers.pdf

The Chicken or the Egg? The Direction of the Relationship Between Mathematics Anxiety and Mathematics Performance
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26779093/

Mathematics Anxiety and Cognitive Performance in Adolescent Students
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31488776/

When Math Hurts: Math Anxiety Predicts Pain Network Activation in Anticipation of Doing Math
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3485285/

Parents’ daily involvement in children’s math homework and activities during early elementary school
https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cdev.13774?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Intergenerational Effects of Parents’ Math Anxiety on Children’s Math Achievement and Anxiety
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26253552/

Disassociating the relation between parents’ math anxiety and children’s math achievement: Long-term effects of a math app intervention
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30284862/

Parents’ math anxiety and their controlling and autonomy-supportive involvement in children’s math learning: Implications for children’s math achievement
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35951395/

Girls’ and boys’ developing interests in math and science: do parents matter?
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15707159/

The mediating effect of math self-efficacy on the relationship between parenting style and math anxiety
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37359871/

Articles:
A group of scientists set out to study quick learners. Then they discovered they don’t exist. Jill Barshay, The Hechinger Report, Nov 27, 2023
https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/62750/a-group-of-scientists-set-out-to-study-quick-learners-then-they-discovered-they-dont-exist

Developing Mathematical Mindsets
https://www.aft.org/ae/winter2018-2019/boaler

Teaching maths – what does the evidence say actually works?
https://theconversation.com/teaching-maths-what-does-the-evidence-say-actually-works-64976

A Guide to Tackling Maths Anxiety
https://www.pearson.com/content/dam/one-dot-com/one-dot-com/international-schools/pdfs/covid-19/guide-to-tackling-maths-anxiety-power-maths-report.pdf

Overcoming Math Anxiety: 12 Evidence-Based Tips That Work
https://www.prodigygame.com/main-en/blog/math-anxiety/

A sense of belonging is what drives well-being – and it’s disappearing
https://www.fastcompany.com/90666944/a-sense-of-belonging-is-what-drives-wellbeing-and-its-disappearing

Students’ well-being must always be the priority. Here are 5 tips to help them through lockdown
https://theconversation.com/students-well-being-must-always-be-the-priority-here-are-5-tips-to-help-them-through-lockdown-166642

 Scrap the textbooks: why making maths fun should be a national priority
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7219646/scrap-the-textbooks-why-making-maths-fun-should-be-a-national-priority/?cs=14264&utm_source=website&utm_medium=home&utm_campaign=latestnews

The Art of Building Staff-Student Relationships in a COVID World PART TWO
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/art-building-staff-student-relationships-covid-world-part-street/

Mathematics Anxiety: A Guide for Parents and Teachers
https://www.numberhive.app/maths-anxiety-a-guide-for-teachers-and-parents/

Stressing about maths multiplies kids’ anxiety
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/chris-hogbin-651361121_maths-anxiety-herald-sun-activity-6788664016047874049-YsZ2/

Improving Math Achievement: Supporting High-Quality Math Teaching in Uncertain Times
https://app.knowledgehook.com/app/LeadershipSeries/Webinar/b84784e4-33db-ea11-974a-0050568c42b6

‘Maths anxiety’ is a real thing – but there are ways to cope
https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/03/13/tackling-maths-anxiety.html

‘Motivational and Affective Factors that influence learning’. Galwardo, A., Galwardo, A., ‘Motivational and Affective Factors that influence learning’,  p 1
https://www.slideshare.net/AmariHimeMai06/self-concept-and-self-efficacy

The Matthew Effect – May 1, 2024 by Rebecca Thompson
https://educationaccess.co.uk/the-matthew-effect/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0ftd3AVoQ3fE2yspxKkFlICFD1S4R3BxPHfCtLK6Ev8VfmR29WqMEXdNY_aem_AYh6j7s5Q_LaOyLDUbzjy73xelohFq3cURm7l1GYl8KWOCsV97RahrQUHPgSVFmlK4_KPxqMzkrjgrNO9Z5Yv3iA

When Do Students Get Off the Math(s) Train? – https://www.numberhive.app/getting-off-the-maths-train/ 

Avoiding Confirmation Bias in Education: A guide for Teachers – https://www.numberhive.app/avoiding-confirmation-bias-in-education/ 

Podcasts:

Mathisfigureoutable podcast with Pam Harris and Kim Montague https://podcast.mathisfigureoutable.com/

Make Math Moments podcast – Figuring out Fluency: https://makemathmoments.com/episode197/ 


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