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Easing fears

This was an interesting module with lots of good suggestions for getting started. One thing that I have found, as a math teacher, is that I must confront "math anxiety" among my students on the first day of class. My class is Applied Math, and many of my students are coming back to class after many years or after another career. There is a great deal of fear about math in general and their ability to do well. I always tell a story from my undergrad days about a psychology professor I had who did an interesting and effective exercise in class to introduce us to the topic of fear and anxiety. I won't elaborate here but it always breaks the ice and gets them laughing, and leads us into a discussion of how to reduce anxiety, practice good study habits and strategies, alleviating test anxiety, etc.

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