NPR – Cory Turner and Anya Kamenetz
“Does math make you a little nervous? You’re in the majority. The phrase “number anxiety” was first coined by researchers back in the 1950s. By some estimates, as high as 93 percent of Americans feel some degree of math anxiety. In 2012, about 30 percent of high school students reported that they felt “helpless” when doing mathematics problems.” (more)