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The Impact Of After-School Math Club On Elementary Student Math Anxiety, Caroline Virden, Lee Dean, Liza Bondurant
The Impact Of After-School Math Club On Elementary Student Math Anxiety, Caroline Virden, Lee Dean, Liza Bondurant
Journal of Math Circles
Many students experience math anxiety, which can harm mathematics achievement. Taking part in fun, hands-on, inquiry-based math activities has been shown to decrease student anxiety. For four semesters, we ran an after-school mathematics club at Presbyterian Day School in Cleveland, MS for students in grades 3-5. The activities and materials were supplied by Crazy 8s Math Club (a Bedtime Math company). In this manuscript, we share three specific activities that encouraged both student engagement and problem-solving skills. Then we discuss survey results from the Crazy 8s Math Club as they relate to lower student math anxiety.