Most times, math anxiety appears because of a past bad experience with a math class. Based on this experience, someone can decide that they are no good at math and their present and future math learning is negatively impacted. Based on this, math anxiety is a learned response to a situation and therefore, with work, can be unlearned.
Before overcoming math anxiety, there are a few myths, which must be addressed:
Myth: Some people are good at math and some people are not.
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