Women Elementary Prospective Teachers' Next Steps in Coping With Mathematics Anxiety

• In Event: AERA Poster Session 10
  In Poster Session: Math Anxiety Among Women Elementary Prospective Teachers (San Diego)

Abstract

Mathematics educators agree that elementary teachers should possess confidence and competence in teaching mathematics. Yet many women prospective elementary teachers pursue careers in elementary teaching despite repeated experiences of mathematics anxiety. Previous studies of have defined and documented a range of different experiences of mathematics anxiety related both to learning mathematical content and to pedagogical skill to teach mathematics. This study analyzes the reported experiences of fifteen women prospective elementary teachers in relation to the range of different experiences documented in the literature and their anticipated coping strategies for teaching mathematics to their future students.

Authors

• Kathleen Jablon Stoehr, Santa Clara University

• Amy Michelle Olson, Duquesne University