1. QUESTIONHow prevalent is math anxiety in theincoming seventh grade and how manystudents will need strategies to reduceanxiety?

2. ISSUES Many students demonstrated math anxiety Impacted performance in math Often resulted in avoidance behaviors 3. IMPACT OF MATH ANXIETY*More common in girls, especially inmiddle and high school*Students with and withoutdisabilitiessuffer from math anxiety*Can develop at any point 4. CAUSES OF MATH ANXIETY Personality factors1. Low self-esteem2. Low frustration level3. Shyness4. Easily intimidated Intellectual factors1. Inability to comprehend concepts (Dyscalculia)2. Lack of persistence/learned helplessness3. Learning style not being met Environmental factors1. High stakes testing2. Teacher practices3. Parental influence4. Previous lack of success 5. METHODS OF ACTION PLAN Created a survey on SurveyMonkey.com Made observations and did informal interviewswith students Came up with a script to administer survey Administered Math Anxiety Survey to 7th grade7.2 math classes 6. THE SURVEY 7. DATA: RESULTS OF SURVEYStem Leaf3456780 3 6 91 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 9 9 9 9 90 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 9 90 0 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 8 9 9 9 9 9 90 0 1 1 1 1 3 60 8. DATA CONTINUEDStudent Anxiety Levels0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8Extremely High 90-100High 71-89Moderate 50-70Low 31-49Extremely Low 20-30 9. CONCLUSIONS Math anxiety is an issue in varying degrees inthe 7th grade class. Teachers, parents and students need to learnand implement math anxiety reducing strategiesoutlined in my Literature Review. 10. LIMITATIONS Not all teachers were willing to give the mathsurvey, so the students in the 7.1 classes werenot represented. Due to time limitations, a future action researchplan is needed to determine if the strategieshelped the students.