Math And techAs a future math educator, I want you to look back on your own experience with math. Now having looked upon your own experience, would you say that you had a negative or positive experience with math? If you had a positive experience with math, you make up 7% of the population reported having such an experience from kindergarten to college. What is Math Anxiety?![]() Math anxiety is a common problem for students in math classes. The research behind it has been around since 1970! In "Addressing Math Anxiety in Teaching Mathematics using Photography and GeoGebra", the authors defined math anxiety as "a feeling of tension and anxiety that interferes with the manipulation of numbers and the solving of mathematical problems in a wide variety of ordinary life and academic situations". Another definition is "the irrational dread of mathematics that interferes with manipulating numbers and solving mathematical problems within a variety of everyday life and academic situations". Addressing the IssueIn the Hechinger Report, an article by Jo Boaler talks about new research being done and five problems we can solve. I will list the five problems down below:
Preventing:
Apps In "Apps for Mathematics Learning: A Review of "Educational" Apps from the iTunes App Store" looks at Apple's Top Ten download "educational" apps between April 2010 and October 2012 with 6-month intervals. At least 65% of the apps were "free" or "lite" (limited function) version. The paper examines popular "educational" apps in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia and look at these questions:
The research found that only 15% were math education apps, but 74% of the apps require minimal cognitive thinking and are meant for behaviorist concepts. Geogebra I choose to follow the author's work in "Addressing Math Anxiety in Teaching Mathematics using Photography and GeoGebra". I documented my steps on using GeoGebra from the author's research. I have screenshots down below and videos on YouTube of me using GeoGebra. I did the same thing as the authors, however, I did not take photos. I googled images, found a couple of pictures I liked and downloaded them to GeoGebra. Step nine, I use GeoGebra to find parallel lines in my picture. Step ten, I use another picture, however, I use this one to find the angles by using SAS (Side-Angle-Side). Overall, it was a unique experience. The tools all had a description and help buttons to describe what you needed to do, however, you still would need to explore to become a master. This is a unique tool since its free, accessible, and can be introduced in primary school.
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