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Publications: Math Ability/Performance: Math Anxiety

  1. M. Aksu, A longitudinal study on attitudes towards mathematics by department and sex at the university level, School Science and Mathematics 91(5) (1991), 185-192.
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  2. S. Bellock, E. Gunderson, G. Ramirez, S. Levine, Female teachers’ math anxiety affects girls’ math achievement, Proc. of the National Academy of Sciences 107(5) (2010), 1860-1863
  3. S. F. Chipman, D. H. Krantz, and R. Silver, Mathematics anxiety and science careers among able college women, Psychological Science 3 no. 5 (1992), 292-295.
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  4. A. Devine, K. Fawcett, D. Szücs, and A. Dowker, Gender differences in mathematics anxiety and the relation to mathematics performance while controlling for test anxiety, Behav Brain Funct. 2012; 8: 33.
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  5. A. Dowker, A. Sarhar, C. Y. Look, Mathematics Anxiety: What Have We Learned in 60 Years?, Frontiers in Psychology 7, (2016), 508.
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  6. R. B. Felson and L. Trudeau, Gender differences in mathematics performance, Social Psychology Quarterly 54 no. 2 (1991), 113-126.
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  7. A. E. Foley, J. B. Herts, Borgonovi, S. Guerriero, S. C. Levin, S. L. Beilock, The math anxiety-performance link: A global phenomenon, Current Directions in Psychological Science, 26, 52-28 (2017).
  8. T. Goetz, M. Bleg, O. Lüdtke, R. Pekrum, and N. Hall, Do Girls Really Experience More Anxiety in Mathematics?, Psychological Science, 24 no. 10, 2079-2087, August 28, 2013.
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  9. J. S. Hyde, E. Fennema, M. Ryan, L. A. Frost, and C. Hopp, Gender comparisons of mathematics attitudes and affect: a meta-analysis, Psychology of Women Quarterly 14 no. 3 (1990), 299-324.
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  10. A. Keshavarzi and S. Ahmadi, A comparison of mathematics anxiety among students by gender, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 83, July 4, 2013, 542-546.
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  11. P. Klass, Fending Off Math Anxiety, NY Times, April 24, 2017.
  12. D. Ludden, How to Overcome Math Anxiety, Psychology Today, March 4, 2017.
  13. X. Ma and J. Xu, The causal ordering of mathematics anxiety and mathematics achievement: a longitudinal study, J. of Adolescence 27 (2004), 165-179.
  14. K. Spencer, Homework Therapists’ Job: Help Solve Math Problems, and Emotional Ones NY Times, April 4, 2018.
  15. K. Jablon Stoehr, Mathematics Anxiety:One Size Does Not Fit All, J. of Teacher Ed, December 2, 2016.
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  16. M. Osburn, Beyond Math Anxiety: 99 Insights (and Calculation’s Not One!), Publisher: Molli the Math Lady, September 27, 2018.
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  17. A. Vernitski, I. Daly, and J. Bourgaize, How to overcome a fear of maths, The Conversation, May 16, 2019.
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  18. M. Witt, The Impact of Mathematics Anxiety on Primary School Children’s Working Memory, Europe’s Journal of Psychology, 8(2) (2012).
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