Girls With Math Anxiety: Is It as Real as We Think?

By |2018-06-08T18:47:50+00:00August 29th, 2013|Categories: Human Perception|Tags: , , , , , |

It is a commonly held perspective that girls experience a higher level of anxiety with regards to math even when demonstrating levels of ability. A new series of studies, however, has shown that while girls may have higher anxiety as a generalized perception of mathematics, they do not exhibit those higher levels during actual math classes and exams.