math anxiety Archives - Pushing The Edge https://pushingtheedge.org/tags/math-anxiety/ Pushing The Edge for Critical Thinking in Education Tue, 25 Mar 2025 05:11:47 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://pushingtheedge.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-PTE-512x512-32x32.png math anxiety Archives - Pushing The Edge https://pushingtheedge.org/tags/math-anxiety/ 32 32 Fostering a Positive Disposition Towards Maths https://pushingtheedge.org/fostering-a-positive-disposition-to-maths/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 02:12:00 +0000 https://pushingtheedge.org/?p=14157 This post is inspired by Kristin Smith (@kasmith07.bsky.social) who asked how we might build up self-efficacy in our students with respect to learning Maths. The Australian Maths Curriculum (version 9) originally had fostering a positive disposition towards Maths as one of five Mathematical Proficiencies. In the final version, it was removed but it has remained a key aspect of the overall curriculum. With students’ negative attitudes towards Maths being the driving force behind my specialising in Maths teaching – fostering positive attitudes and greater self-confidence has been fundamental to how I teach Mathematics. I encourage and notice growth Much of

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