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40 Teaching Math, Teaching Anxiety
In a new study about the way kids learn math in elementary school, the psychologists at the
University of Chicagol1 Sian Beilock and Susan Levine found a surprising relationship between
what female teachers think and what female students learn:If a female teacher is uncomfortable
with her own math skills, then her female students are more likely to believe that boys are better
than girls at math.
"If these girls keep getting math-anxious female teachers2 in later grades, it may create a
snowball effect on their math achievement3 said Levine. In other words,girls may end up learning
math anxiety from their teachers4. The study suggests that if these girls grow up believing that
boys are better at math than girls are,then these girls may not do as well as they would have if they
were more confident.
Just as students find certain subjects to be difficult, teachers can find certain subjects to be
difficult to learn -- and teach. The subject of math can be particularly difficult for everyone.
Researchers use the word "anxiety" to describe such feelings: anxiety is uneasiness or worry.
The new study found that when a teacher has anxiety about math, that feeling can influence
how her female students feel about math. The study involved 65 girls,52 boys and 17 first- and
seco
全国职称英语考试必过秘籍（免背单词Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF .
40 Teaching Math, Teaching Anxiety
In a new study about the way kids learn math in elementary school, the psychologists at the
University of Chicagol1 Sian Beilock and Susan Levine found a surprising relationship between
what female teachers think and what female students learn:If a female teacher is uncomfortable
with her own math skills, then her female students are more likely to believe that boys are better
than girls at math.
"If these girls keep getting math-anxious female teachers2 in later grades, it may create a
snowball effect on their math achievement3 said Levine. In other words,girls may end up learning
math anxiety from their teachers4. The study suggests that if these girls grow up believing that
boys are better at math than girls are,then these girls may not do as well as they would have if they
were more confident.
Just as students find certain subjects to be difficult, teachers can find certain subjects to be
difficult to learn -- and teach. The subject of math can be particularly difficult for everyone.
Researchers use the word "anxiety" to describe such feelings: anxiety is uneasiness or worry.
The new study found that when a teacher has anxiety about math, that feeling can influence
how her female students feel about math. The study involved 65 girls,52 boys and 17 first- and
seco
