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Children carry negative experiences, societal and family influences, and early educational experiences with them. All of these factors can contribute to student anxiety while learning mathematics. Anxiety in mathematics may present at any point throughout children’s’ education and can prevent students from having successful and positive experiences. Long-term effects could prevent a student from pursuing certain careers involving mathematics. By shifting the environment in which students learn, and the conversations around those experience, educators also have the potential to shift the mindset of students, creating a positive learning environment that lessens anxiety surrounding mathematics education and opens doors for further mathematical education after high school.  \nIn my conversations with students over the past five years, mathematics anxiety – which is defined as worry or concern about doing math, learning math, and being assessed on performance in math (Markman, 2021)– appeared to be ever growing in students in the middle years (grades 7-9) . Math seems to be the most daunting of all the subjects. Most students either love math and look forward to that challenge, or have developed a hatred of math from past experiences. One of the first assignments that I have my students complete at the beginning of the year is to tell me how they feel when learning math. Common responses are “Math makes my brain hurt” and “I’m afraid to answer questions in math class.” It is rare when students say that they enjoy math and want to continue learning about it. This has led me to question how educators can support students in overcoming their anxiety. Often, the conversations about math revolve around future education and career prospects. I believe that the conversations that influence students the most tend to happen around the negative math experiences that occur in their early life. These experiences come from societal pressures, family, and early level teachers. In order for educators to take on this challenge, it is important to understand where mathematics anxiety comes from. By doing so, educators can shift the narrative on how we address the importance of learning math to how we can change the learning environments that educators create for their students.  \nAddressing the Negatives  \nWhen students experience anxiety, they fixate on the negative or threating math tasks at hand (Barroso et al. , 2021) . When fixated, they are not able to think about the math problem they are trying to solve. Rather than focussing on the task at hand, the focus shifts to the negative ramifications of failure. The focus shift may be attributed to an interruption to a student’s working memory (Ramirez et al. , 2013, 2018) . Students with a higher working memory have the capacity to deal with anxiety in an educational setting. Students with lower working memory struggle when overcoming anxiety, causing an interruption or a stop in their thinking. When students have continuous failures or negative experiences, they are likely to experience higher level anxiety on future tasks (Lewis, 2019) . When the focus shifts to negative thoughts of failure, students stop thinking and stop learning (Liljedahl, 2021) .  \nSocietal Pressures  \nChildren are often taught that in order to get a high-paying and respectable job they need higher level math courses at post-secondary institutions (Markman, 2021) . In my middle years school that includes grade 9, many of the conversations about students’ future are based upon preparing for high school. This includes helping students choose which courses are going to bethe most beneficial for them depending upon their career goals. Once students reach highschool in Manitoba, they are required ","cbCaigGsfBtRj9Pw","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigGsfBtRj9Pw","pdf",234159,"English","# Abstract\n# Addressing the Negatives\n# Societal Pressures\n# Family Pressures","[{\"question\":\"What is mathematics anxiety and when does it appear for students?\",\"answer\":\"Mathematics anxiety is defined as worry or concern about doing math, learning math, and being assessed on performance in math. It can appear throughout students’ education, and the article focuses on increasing anxiety during the middle years (grades 7–9).\"},{\"question\":\"How do anxiety and working memory affect students while solving math problems?\",\"answer\":\"When students experience anxiety, they fixate on negative or threatening tasks, which prevents them from thinking about the math problem. The focus shift is attributed to interruptions to working memory, making it harder for students with lower working memory to overcome anxiety.\"},{\"question\":\"What role do educators play in reducing mathematics anxiety?\",\"answer\":\"By shifting the environment where students learn and changing the conversations around those experiences, educators can influence students’ mindset. The article argues this creates a positive learning environment that lessens anxiety and supports further mathematical education after high school.\"}]","Anxiety in Mathematics - Change the Narrative, Change the Environment | PDF",1792080496,15]