Год выпуска: 2013 Автор: Hilal Keklikci Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 128 ISBN: 9783659388699
Описание
Fear of math has been one of the main issues for many studies throughout the world. This fear does not only concern individuals, but also societies as a whole. Being more abstract as opposed to other sciences, mathematics is not easy to perceive, which creates feeling of insecurity in people, and this leads to an increase in the fear of math. Family or the society may be the source of math fear. A family or a society regarding mathematics as the only sign of success or intelligence may arouse undesired fears in an individual. Indeed, establishing facilitative attitudes in students, introducing students with the role of mathematics in real world, and firming the link between life and math are all in the hands of the teacher. The results show that one-quarter of the students are afraid of mathematics, experience stress as a result of extreme importance the families impose to math course, not be satisfied that courses have been trained with the existing teaching methods and techniques....
