Math anxiety, simply defined, involves an anxiety about one’s ability to do math. As a math teacher, you will encounter many students who struggle with math, not necessarily because they don’t understand a specific concept but because they don’t have confidence in their ability to be successful in math. How might you combat math anxiety in your future classroom? Have you used any techniques, activities, etc. that have worked to ease a student’s anxiety? Did you struggle with math anxiety at any point? Discuss math anxiety with your colleagues and how you might deal with this very real issue in your classrooms.
For this lesson, please submit the first round of your analysis and critique essay: your paper’s introduction and first discussion section. When drafting and organizing your first two pages, consider the model outlined in the previous content pages: IntroductionLead-In Personal Narrative with connection to focus topic Thesis Statement – (Topic + Assertion)Discussions (add 1-2 from your subtopics) Review the following Writing Toolkit sections: Introduction, Titles, Discussion(body) Sections, Directly Quoting, Partially Quoting, ParaphrasingTopic Sentence/Point Explanation or Interpretation Example SignificanceSee Graphic for Writing the Research Essay Steps To read more about this assignment’s requirements, please review this content page: Writing Toolkit: Writing the Analysis and Critique Essay. Would you like to see a model? Here you go! Remember that, as stated in the syllabus, you must show evidence of the writing process, and submitting your rough drafts as assigned fulfills that requirement. I reserve the right to refuse to evaluate any paper that did not show evidence of the writing process.
For this lesson, please submit the first round of your analysis and critique essay: your paper’s introduction and first discussion section. When drafting and organizing your first two pages, consider the model outlined in the previous content pages: Introduction Lead-In Personal Narrative with connection to focus topic Thesis Statement –




