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Math Anxiety and What to Do About It

I recently received quite a few e-mails when the Nov 8, 2012 Times article “High Anxiety: How Worrying About Math Hurts Your Brain” by Olivia Waxman about the study published by Ian M Lyons and Sian Beilock. You can go …

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The Brain Trainer Addressing Math Struggles

What makes someone strong in math? When struggling math students walk through our doors, we go deeper than just looking at their math worksheets and tests to understand why math is so challenging for them.  We look at their personal …

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