LONDON: Girls often fail to do just as well at math as boys because of heightened fear and apprehension over number problems, a new study has claimed. The study, published in the journal Behavioral and Brain Functions, found that a number of school-age children suffer from mathematics anxiety, but girls' maths performance is more likely to suffer than boys as a result.
Mathematics anxiety is a state of discomfort associated with performing mathematics tasks and is thought to affect a notable proportion of both children and adults, having a negative impact on their mathematics performance.
In the study, researchers from Cambridge University in the UK investigated 433 secondary school children whether mathematics anxiety has any effect on mathematics performance on boys and girls. The researchers controlled for test anxiety, a related construct, but which isn't typically controlled for in mathematics anxiety studies.
They found children with higher mathematics anxiety have a lower mathematics performance, and girls showed higher levels of mathematics anxiety than boys.
Mathematics anxiety is a state of discomfort associated with performing mathematics tasks and is thought to affect a notable proportion of both children and adults, having a negative impact on their mathematics performance.
In the study, researchers from Cambridge University in the UK investigated 433 secondary school children whether mathematics anxiety has any effect on mathematics performance on boys and girls. The researchers controlled for test anxiety, a related construct, but which isn't typically controlled for in mathematics anxiety studies.
They found children with higher mathematics anxiety have a lower mathematics performance, and girls showed higher levels of mathematics anxiety than boys.
Courtesy The Times of India
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