FEAR IN MATHEMATICS TEACHING AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

The aim of this work is toresearch does exist a fear of mathematics, what are the causes of fear of mathematics, in what forms fear is manifested and what parents do to repress a fear of mathematics at students in higher grades of elementary school. For the purposes of the research, two separate scales were created which measured the fear of mathematics at students from the perspective of parents and students. The research was conducted in the elementary schools in Central Bosnia with students of fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth grades. We leave the survey questionnaire at the end, in attachment, so that it can be viewed. Analysis or data processing we worked and we got results which we´ve presented in this work. There shouldn´t be fear in the teaching process.Students shouldn´t come to school under pressure or in fear, but should find ways to motivate themselves to work because of their personal progress and training for life. Parents and teachers help them with that. Achievements in mathematics are researched more than achievements in other subjects because mathematics is important for researching and comparing different educational systems.Because of this importance, we need to find ways to repress the students ’fear of math.Students, except motivation for working, should give encouragement and support. Communication with the child, and communication in the parent-school-student relationship is very important in repressing the child’s fear

Keywords

• fear
• mathematics (math)
• student
• elementary school