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Many students suffer from math anxiety, but teachers can incorporate skills to alleviate it for their students. In order to alleviate math anxiety teachers first and foremost need to portray a positive, enthusiastic, helpful attitude, which communicates a love and usefulness for mathematics. Math curriculum should be designed that deepens student understanding in a practical, engaging and fun way. Pedagogy should be implemented that moves from the explain-practice-memorize strategy to strategies that stress reasoning and understanding. A classroom culture that prompts student inquisition, discovery, learning and the exploration of ideas needs to replace ...
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