How Does Anxiety Influence Maths Performance and What Can We do About It?

Maths anxiety has been the focus of much psychological and educational research in the past few years. In this article we review some of this research evidence and describe some of the work we have completed. In particular we will describe what maths anxiety is and how it has been measured describe some of the consequences of maths anxiety and finally describe what can be done to alleviate difficulties associated with math anxiety.