Math Anxiety

09/30/2025

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12/31/2024

Hope you all have a great 2025!

12/21/2024

Great Scott! The latest blog post has descended! After a long hiatus due to many reasons, we are happy to mention that 2024 is now going to be rounded up with the fifth post on Math Anxiety.

This one addresses a current event ongoing in Manitoba, Canada and relates to a few academic papers on the issue. However, the discussion can certainly be applied to learning math in any country or culture.

Check it out!

https://anxiousatmath.blogspot.com/2024/12/dark-side-of-wall.html

11/07/2024

Calling all math professionals in my network!

Have you been exposed to math anxiety?

If you are a math specialist - mathematician, scientist, engineer, teacher or someone who uses more than just elementary math in day-to-day life - who is currently, or in the past, been directly or indirectly affected by math-anxiety, I would like to speak to you.

What made you feel anxious? Was it general anxiety towards math, or anxiety towards a specific topic/domain of math?

How did the anxiety hinder your day-to-day work, specially if your work involves significant amount of math?

How were you able to overcome math-anxiety, or is it still something in progress?

Let me know if you want to talk. Add a comment below or drop me a message. This is not a podcast or anything, it's just a talk amongst friends. I may use what I learn from these talks in writing up a blog post, but no names or direct quotes would be mentioned without explicit permission!

08/02/2024

I am not well. Physically and mentally.

I am not going to discuss physical health here, but I do want to talk about my mental health.

It started with news and pictures of Palestinian children being ruthlessly murdered by the occupiers, and things have only gotten worse.

More recently, the news out of Bangladesh has been really heart-breaking. There is a student movement going on, and whether you support the cause of the protest or not, the way the government is handling it with a heavy hand is atrocious. Many hundreds of unarmed civilians have been killed, which includes many children (some as young as 4 years old).

As a father of a 4-year and a 9-year old, it is gut wrenching to see photos of those martyred, and see videos of the parents "speaking" to their dead children (https://www.prothomalo.com/video/bangladesh/jwy5a6dfxz).

All of this has affected me severely. Everything that I was doing outside of work has slowed down or come to a halt. Barely being able to keep up with the daily commits. The next blog post on math-anxiety is ready, but I am not ready to post it. Anything and everything else is overcome with a feeling of despair.

The next blog post will have to wait until the situation in Bangladesh stabilizes. Project announcements will take a hiatus. I need some time for recovery, we all do.

Take care of yourselves.

06/23/2024

Welcome to all the new of the page. This page is about promoting awareness on Math Anxiety.

In brief, math anxiety is defined a feeling of tension, apprehension, or fear that interferes with math performance [Ashcraft 2002].

Please feel free to share your own experience with math and any related anxieties.

All our blog posts are available at: https://anxiousatmath.blogspot.com/
Please consider commenting and interacting with the blog to increase visibility. If you are a blog writer and want to contribute to the blog, please let me know.

All the best, and happy Math journey to all of us!

This blog is a live education platform for math anxiety. Feel free to comment and post on the topic. Share your experience. Let's create a Math Positive world!

06/18/2024

Good News Everyone!

Exciting update for all the "Learning about Math Anxiety" blog followers! After a month-long break, a new post has been published. Check out the latest content here:

https://anxiousatmath.blogspot.com/2024/06/baggage.html

This post marks the beginning of a trilogy that delves into the significant roles, considerations, and personal insights of math instructors when it comes to Math Anxiety.

Don't miss out on this insightful series! Read, engage by commenting, and stay tuned for more valuable content.

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05/25/2024

The blog post for May will be delayed due to travels. In the meantime, if you are interested in collaborating or posting for the blog, please get in touch. Thanks!

04/19/2024

Exciting news! The Learning about Math Anxiety blog has received some updates over the past two weeks. The third blog post is now live, so go ahead and check it out! You can find it at https://anxiousatmath.blogspot.com/2024/04/i-am-not-doing-math-so-i-am-happy.html

In addition to the new post, there have been a few stylistic changes made to the first two blog posts. A big thanks goes to my colleague David Strutton for providing great design suggestions. I am eager to hear your thoughts on the updates. Do you find them to be an improvement over what was previously there?

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03/19/2024

The second blog post is now active. This shares a personal story and the definition of math anxiety, along with some thoughts on future post topics.

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