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Educators have long-known that math anxiety can affect student performance, but the underlying source of that apprehension may surprise you.<\/p>\n

\u201cMath anxiety can develop in the very early grades, often because of the negative messages about math that children pick up from the adults in their lives,\u201d according to Karyn Lewis, a senior researcher at Education Northwest. \u201c\u2026Research shows that teachers unintentionally transmit their own attitudes about math to their students. This means teachers who have math anxiety can pass it on to their students, which can impact students\u2019 math performance.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The sequence is problematic on many levels, Lewis explained in a recent blog post.<\/a><\/p>\n

First off, \u201cmath anxiety undercuts math ability,\u201d making it more difficult for students to master the material needed to succeed in upper-level courses.<\/p>\n

And as a result, math anxiety \u201cshuts down many (often lucrative) career paths for young adults,\u201d Lewis notes.<\/p>\n

She offered three tips for educators to keep in mind:<\/p>\n