math anxiety

"Finally, a . . . book to read with kids that helps bridge the gap between what's being taught in school and how today's parents learned math back in the day. . . . [The author] uses her . . . math techniques to give children [a] . . . grasp of addition and subtraction that will . . . unlock their potential in the classroom"--Amazon.

Max Leonard, convinced he is horrible at math because he experiences test anxiety every time the teacher starts the timer, amazes everyone by his ability to complete algebra problem sets.

Max Leonard, convinced he is horrible at math because he experiences test anxiety every time the teacher starts the timer, amazes everyone by his ability to complete algebra problem sets.

Methods designed to overcome the fear of math.

Fourth-grader Donavan is sensitive about the problems he has understanding math, and then when his favorite uncle, a former high school basketball star, returns from National Guard duty an amputee, Donavan's problems get even worse as he struggles to accept this "new" Uncle Vic.

Presents a fictionalized account, in simple text with illustrations, of how a seven year old girl wrote to Albert Einstein to ask him to help her sister with a math problem.

Discusses the negative effects of Americans' ever present mathematics phobia on children and on society at large, explaining the necessity of improving math education and changing attitudes toward math so that individuals can fulfill their mathematical potential and take advantage of employment opportunities that call for logic and problem-solving skills.

When the teacher tells her class that they can think of almost everything as a math problem, one student acquires a math anxiety which becomes a real curse.