The Gender Issue: Girls Do As Well In Math But Suffer More Anxiety
Sunday, July 8, 2012 - 17:10
in Psychology & Sociology
In America, the last few years saw young females and males achieve math parity for the first time ever. But girls are still anxious about math, and that has nothing to do with teachers or outreach or the oppression of a liberal democracy.Mathematics anxiety is a state of discomfort associated with performing mathematics tasks and is believed to affect both children and adults, having a negative impact on their mathematics performance. That makes sense. Math is difficult and difficult subjects make people nervous. read more