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Girls pick up math anxiety from female teachers

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A new study is showing that young girls may pick up math anxiety from female teachers, who may themselves be anxious about their math ability. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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Study: Female teachers' math anxiety affects girl students

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.chicagotribune.com (Views: 38, Clicks: 0)
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Women teachers' anxiety about math may undermine girls' confidence in learning the subject and decrease their performance in fields that depend on a grasp of math fundamentals, such as science and engineering, research at the University of Chicago shows.

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Little girls are made of sugar and spice, and learn that math is not nice

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One of the first lessons that girls often learn in elementary school is that boys are better at math.

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Teachers’ math anxiety might add up for girls

nitajo sumitted ago via http://newsok.com (Views: 53, Clicks: 3)
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Despite gains in recent years, women still trail men in some areas of math achievement, and the question of why has provoked controversy. Now, a study of first- and second-graders suggests what may be part of the answer: Female elementary school teachers who are concerned about their own math skills could be passing that along to the little girls they teach.

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Female teachers may pass on math anxiety to girls, study finds

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.latimes.com (Views: 52, Clicks: 5)
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After a year in the classroom with female teachers who say they are anxious about math, girls are more likely to share that attitude -- and score lower on tests, researchers say.

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