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Parents and teachers are giving pupils 'maths anxiety'


Parents and teachers are giving pupils ‘maths anxiety’ and girls are more affected than boys, research claims

  • Researchers found pupils suffer a range of negative emotions relating to maths
  • They said it is causing behaviour problems and should be considered a concern
  • The Cambridge University study found girls are more affected than boys are
  • It said parents and teachers who struggle with maths are passing on anxieties 

Eleanor Harding Education Editor For The Daily Mail

Parents and teachers who struggle with maths are passing on their anxieties to children, a study says.

Researchers found pupils as young as six suffer from a range of negative emotions in connection with the subject, ‘from rage to despair’.

They said it is causing behaviour problems and should be considered a ‘real concern’.

Parents and teachers who struggle with maths are passing on their anxieties to children, a study says. Stock image

Parents and teachers who struggle with maths are passing on their anxieties to children, a study says. Stock image

Parents and teachers who struggle with maths are passing on their anxieties to children, a study says. Stock image

The Cambridge University study, based on interviews with primary and secondary pupils, found even those who were good at the subject had ‘maths anxiety’. Girls suffer worse than boys, suggesting parents who believe maths is a boys’ subject are passing on gender stereotypes.

The authors said: ‘Teachers and parents need to be conscious of the fact that their own mathematics anxiety might influence students.’

The study comes after recent reports showing adult numeracy rates are tumbling.

 



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