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Does your child suffer from maths anxiety?

Children as young as six are suffering panic attacks over maths partly caused by poor teaching, a...

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14.08 14 Mar 2019


Does your child suffer from maths anxiety?


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14.08 14 Mar 2019


Children as young as six are suffering panic attacks over maths partly caused by poor teaching, according to researchers at Cambridge University. The research has found that anxiety triggered by fear of maths is dragging some pupils into a circle of poor performance. Brendan Guildea, teacher and author joins Ciara to discuss.


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