Math phobia

@nawala123 (20871)
Indonesia
August 23, 2020 11:46pm CST
As a teacher, i have a concern at math. Children are often so tense in facing mathematics (mathematics anxiety) that some children even lose confidence. Why is mathematics the most feared subject by children?
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@LadyDuck (472258)
• Switzerland
24 Aug 20
My husband loved math when he was a student, I do not fear math, but I do not like.
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@LadyDuck (472258)
• Switzerland
25 Aug 20
@TheHorse I think that teachers are the determining factors why you like or hate a school subject. My math teacher was terribly strict when I was in first grade, that is why I hated. Growing up, at the college, I had a lovely (awesome) math Professor and I stopped hating.
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@TheHorse (220758)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Aug 20
I wonder what the determining factors are. I have always loved math.
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@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
24 Aug 20
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@sophie09 (34236)
• Indonesia
24 Aug 20
Because it is hard. Im not afraid of math. I hate it lol
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@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
24 Aug 20
if you ahte math, math gonna hate you too
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@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
24 Aug 20
@sophie09 you gonna need it one day
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@sophie09 (34236)
• Indonesia
24 Aug 20
@nawala123 hahah i dont really care
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@kearkear (963)
• Davao, Philippines
24 Aug 20
I agree with you, children or even us before afraid of mathematics without knowing that everything we do, mathematics is there. Have a great day!
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@kearkear (963)
• Davao, Philippines
24 Aug 20
@nawala123 yeah, especially when your teacher is terror. lol
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@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
24 Aug 20
@kearkear i am a teacher and i am error
@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
24 Aug 20
like nighmare
@TheHorse (220758)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Aug 20
I am not sure. But I work with kids one of my primary goals is to help them enjoy, rather than fear, math. I have always enjoyed math and logic problems.
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@TheHorse (220758)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Aug 20
@nawala123 I think my love of math rubs off on the kids I work with.
@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
25 Aug 20
@TheHorse good, then they love it too
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@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
24 Aug 20
Yeah that is very good
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• Agra, India
24 Aug 20
Maybe because they aren't too good with the calculation part
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• Agra, India
24 Aug 20
@nawala123 yes... the numbers become scary when we don't have the calculations corrrect
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@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
24 Aug 20
@amitkokiladitya yeha, they are around the head
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@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
24 Aug 20
it could be
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24 Aug 20
I Don't like mathematics too.. because it make me my brain dizzy
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@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
24 Aug 20
@hellorahmat math is unbearable burden
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@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
24 Aug 20
go sleep now
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24 Aug 20
@nawala123 hahaha yeapp.. everybody need to relax when do the mathematics..
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
24 Aug 20
For me, I was never good at Math in school. I never liked it and would have been a little afraid of it too.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
26 Aug 20
@nawala123 I never liked history either because there were always dates you had to memorize. Now, I love history and I don't have to worry about dates.
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@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
24 Aug 20
yeah me too
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@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
26 Aug 20
@simone10 yup. Memoizing date is complicated
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@rakski (126771)
• Philippines
24 Aug 20
because it is difficult especially when the teacher cannot explain it thoroughly
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@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
24 Aug 20
may be yeah
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@JESSY3236 (20078)
• United States
25 Aug 20
I hated math. Although I did like Algebra.
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@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
25 Aug 20
Algebra is part of math
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@JESSY3236 (20078)
• United States
25 Aug 20
@nawala123 I know, it was the only math I liked because I understood it.
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@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
25 Aug 20
@JESSY3236 yeah it was good
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@Deepizzaguy (104659)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
24 Aug 20
I guess the fear of mathematics is that children fear subjects that they have never seen before.
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@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
24 Aug 20
ned some nice introduction and delivery
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@Deepizzaguy (104659)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
25 Aug 20
@nawala123 You are right.
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@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
25 Aug 20
@Deepizzaguy have a nice day mate
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@Janet357 (75646)
24 Aug 20
I noticed that math is the subject a lot of people hate.
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@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
24 Aug 20
yeah you are right
@fluffy69 (4955)
24 Aug 20
My daughter hate math but i motivate her to excel her knowledge and i enrolled her in Kumon class
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@fluffy69 (4955)
24 Aug 20
@nawala123 yeah kumon improves her math skills
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@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
24 Aug 20
@fluffy69 many of my students study in Kumon
@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
24 Aug 20
kumon is popular in here too
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