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Effectiveness of a Mathematics Methods Course in Reducing Math Anxiety of Preservice Elementary Teachers
Author(s) -
Tooke D. James,
Lindstrom Leonard C.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
school science and mathematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 1949-8594
pISSN - 0036-6803
DOI - 10.1111/j.1949-8594.1998.tb17406.x
Subject(s) - mathematics education , elementary mathematics , mathematical anxiety , course (navigation) , anxiety , rating scale , psychology , mathematics , developmental psychology , physics , psychiatry , astronomy
In an attempt to find ways of reducing the mathematical anxiety of preservice elementary teachers, three cases were investigated. The first was a section of mathematics for elementary teachers taught in a very traditional manner, and the second was the same course taught in a manner consistent with the recent recommendations of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. The third case included two sections of a methods course which covered the same mathematical content, as well as addressing how it should be taught to children. The Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale for Adults was administered before and after the courses. No significant reduction of anxiety was measured in either mathematics section, but both sections of the methods course showed a significant reduction.