APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Separating Math from Anxiety in African-American College Students
- Lauren Kendall Brooks
Virginia State University - Brittany Watkins
Virginia State University - Alicia Cooper
Virginia State University - Oliver Hill
Virginia State University - M. Omar Faison
Virginia State University
Abstract
As college students are pushed to become STEM majors, math anxiety is a major barrier to some student success in STEM fields. Determining if this anxiety is influenced by the thought of a math task, or the thought of any sort of complex task, can help with reducing this anxiety.
Cognitive Neuroscience
