The Effects of Math Anxiety on Post-Secondary Developmental Students as Related to Achievement, Gender, and Age

Abstract

Woodard examines the nature of math anxiety in developmental students and proposes ways to alleviate their worries. Having taught developmental mathematics for a number of years, I am keenly aware of the effects of math anxiety on developmental math students. Math-anxious students complain of such things as nervousness, inability to concentrate, a blank mind, and a feeling of sickness when they are confronted with taking a math test. One of my algebra students was so math anxious that she could not take a math test without becoming extremely nervous. When she failed Algebra II twice, she threatened to quit school because the Algebra course was the only thing preventing her from seeking a degree in Respiratory Therapy. However, after being allowed to take Respiratory classes along with the Algebra course, she became more relaxed with the math and began doing much better.

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