scholarly journals A literature review on math anxiety and learning mathematics: A general overview

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 102-108
Author(s):  
Rafael Vargas ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Mathematical Knowledge ◽  
Math Anxiety ◽  
Mathematical Thinking ◽  
School Phobia ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
Therapeutic Alternatives ◽  
Keywords Anxiety ◽  
Number Of Individuals

Learning mathematics has become a necessity in today's world since success in everyday life requires mathematical knowledge and because mathematics is the basis for science and technology. However, a large number of individuals in the population experience difficulties performing mathematical tasks, which generates feelings of frustration, anxiety and rejection when performing activities that involve mathematical thinking. In this literature review, concepts such as number sense and mathematical thinking, math anxiety, the possible reasons for math anxiety, and options for diagnosis and therapeutic alternatives to address and overcome this problem are analyzed. If these problems are not solved, they could affect the personal development of those affected by them and the society to which they belong. Keywords: Anxiety, educational psychology, school phobia.

SARS-CoV-2 Biology Insights, Part I. Genome-wide structure and druggability: literature review (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Lafon-Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Host Cell ◽  
Nucleoside Analogs ◽  
Viral Proteins ◽  
Therapeutic Strategies ◽  
Adverse Side Effects ◽  
Viral Proteases ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
Therapeutic Alternatives

BACKGROUND COVID-19 pandemic prompts the study of coronavirus biology and search of putative therapeutic strategies. OBJECTIVE To compare SARS-CoV-2 genome-wide structure and proteins with other coronaviruses, focusing on putative coronavirus-specific or SARS-CoV-2 specific therapeutic designs. METHODS The genome-wide structure of SARS-CoV-2 was compared to that of SARS and other coronaviruses in order to gain insights, doing a literature review through Google searches. RESULTS There are promising therapeutic alternatives. Host cell targets could be modulated to hamper viral replication, but targeting viral proteins directly would be a better therapeutic design, since fewer adverse side effects would be expected. CONCLUSIONS Therapeutic strategies (Figure 1) could include the modulation of host targets (PARPs, kinases) , competition with G-quadruplexes or nucleoside analogs to hamper RDRP. The nicest anti-CoV options include inhibitors of the conserved essential viral proteases and drugs that interfere ribosome slippage at the -1 PRF site.

scholarly journals Mathematical Thinking Styles—The Advantage of Analytic Thinkers When Learning Mathematics

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 289
Author(s):  
Jaime Huincahue ◽  
Rita Borromeo-Ferri ◽  
Pamela Reyes-Santander ◽  
Viviana Garrido-Véliz
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Thinking ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Mathematical Tasks ◽  
Thinking Styles ◽  
Mathematical Performance ◽  
Test Instrument ◽  
Analytical Thinking ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
Valid Test ◽  
Insight Into

School is a space where learning mathematics should be accompanied by the student’s preferences; however, its valuation in the classroom is not necessarily the same. From a quantitative approach, we ask from the mathematical thinking styles (MTS) theory about the correlations between preferences of certain MTS and mathematical performance. For this, a valid test instrument and a sample of 275 16-year-old Chilean students were used to gain insight into their preferences, beliefs and emotions when solving mathematical tasks and when learning mathematics. The results show, among other things, a clear positive correlation between mathematical performance and analytical thinking style, and also evidence the correlation between self-efficacy, analytical thinking and grades. It is concluded that students who prefer the analytical style are more advantageous in school, since the evaluation processes have a higher valuation of analytic mathematical thinking.

scholarly journals Bagaimana Mengembangkan Kemampuan Spasial dalam Pembelajaran Matematika di Sekolah?: Suatu Tinjauan Literatur

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-72
Author(s):  
S Sudirman ◽  
Fiki Alghadari
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Spatial Ability ◽  
Spatial Relations ◽  
Spatial Visualization ◽  
Spatial Abilities ◽  
Spatial Language ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
Folding Paper

Spatial ability is an important one of the abilities for completing many tasks in everyday life successfully. Spatial ability is considered a type of different ability to others. Therefore, there needs a study on how are the characteristics of spatial abilities and to develop in schools. This paper is to reveal the ways are developing spatial abilities in learning mathematics. Based on literature review from some research, at least that there are six ways to develop spatial abilities in learning mathematics, namely: (1) using spatial language in daily interactions; (2) teaching for sketching and drawing; (3) using a suitable game; (4) using a tangram; (5) using video games; and (6) origami and folding paper. Playing video games like Tetris are exercises for spatial relations, mental rotation, spatial orientation, and spatial visualization.

scholarly journals Learning Mathematics Through Mathematical Modelling Processes Within Sports Day Activity

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-114
Author(s):  
Sakon Tangkawsakul ◽  
Nuttapat Mookda ◽  
Weerawat Thaikam
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Modelling ◽  
Mathematical Models ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Mathematical Knowledge ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
School Sports ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
The One ◽  
Modelling Task

In this study, we adapted the school sports day to provide opportunities to relate real-life situations with mathematical knowledge and skills. The purpose of this study was to describe the way that the teachers interact with their students and the students’ responses during mathematical modelling processes. The designing of the modelling task was inspired by the Realistic Fermi Problems about the bleacher in the school sports day. The modelling task was designed by a collaboration of mathematics teachers and educators and experimented with 10th-grade students. Each experiment lasted for 45 minutes and was conducted in the one-day camp with 45 students. The results showed that the students who had no previous experience of mathematical modelling engaged in mathematical modelling processes with their friends under the guidance and supporting of the teacher. Most of them were able to think, make assumptions, collect data, observe, make conjectures and create mathematical models to understand and solve the modelling task.   

scholarly journals Leptin receptor deficiency: a systematic literature review and prevalence estimation based on population genetics

2020 ◽  
Vol 182 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lotte Kleinendorst ◽  
Ozair Abawi ◽  
Hetty J van der Kamp ◽  
Mariëlle Alders ◽  
Hanne E J Meijers-Heijboer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Early Onset ◽  
Autosomal Recessive ◽  
Leptin Receptor ◽  
Pituitary Hormone ◽  
Sequencing Data ◽  
Prevalence Estimation ◽  
Calculation Results ◽  
Number Of Individuals

Objective Leptin receptor (LepR) deficiency is an autosomal-recessive endocrine disorder causing early-onset severe obesity, hyperphagia and pituitary hormone deficiencies. As effective pharmacological treatment has recently been developed, diagnosing LepR deficiency is urgent. However, recognition is challenging and prevalence is unknown. We aim to elucidate the clinical spectrum and to estimate the prevalence of LepR deficiency in Europe. Design Comprehensive epidemiologic analysis and systematic literature review. Methods We curated a list of LEPR variants described in patients and elaborately evaluated their phenotypes. Subsequently, we extracted allele frequencies from the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD), consisting of sequencing data of 77 165 European individuals. We then calculated the number of individuals with biallelic disease-causing LEPR variants. Results Worldwide, 86 patients with LepR deficiency are published. We add two new patients, bringing the total of published patients to 88, of which 21 are European. All patients had early-onset obesity; 96% had hyperphagia; 34% had one or more pituitary hormone deficiencies. Our calculation results in 998 predicted patients in Europe, corresponding to a prevalence of 1.34 per 1 million people (95% CI: 0.95–1.72). Conclusions This study shows that LepR deficiency is more prevalent in Europe (n = 998 predicted patients) than currently known (n = 21 patients), suggesting that LepR deficiency is underdiagnosed. An important cause for this could be lack of access to genetic testing. Another possible explanation is insufficient recognition, as only one-third of patients has pituitary hormone deficiencies. With novel highly effective treatment emerging, diagnosing LepR deficiency is more important than ever.

scholarly journals The Concept of Resilience in Adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (04) ◽  
Author(s):  
Putri Nur Azizah ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Important Task ◽  
Google Scholar ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Data Search

Individual always experiences both pleasant and unpleasant events. Resilience is an individual's capacity to deal with unpleasant events, through developing ways to transform stressful circumstances into an opportunity for personal development. Increasing resilience is an important task to provide capacity in facing life's challenges and difficulties. This literature review aims to identify and provide an overview of the concept of resilience in adults. The research was conducted by reviewing research results published from 2008 to 2018 that obtained from Google Scholar and also several journal databases such as Science Direct, SAGE, and Elsevier. Data search was done using keywords, including resilience and adult. The concept of resilience consists of understanding, influencing factors, aspects or dimensions, scales to measure resilience and therapy or interventions to increase resilience.

scholarly journals Effect of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) on Anxiety: A Systematic Literature Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 496-507
Author(s):  
Rifki S. Nompo ◽  
Andria Pragholapati ◽  
Angela L. Thome
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
English Language ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Life Changes ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Exclusion Criteria ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
Sensory Acuity ◽  
Keywords Anxiety

Anxiety is a feeling of helplessness, and worry about things that are not clear, as well as a comprehensive feeling that something bad is going to happen. Anxiety is experienced subjectively and communicated interpersonally, at the same time feelings of anxiety are a necessary survival instinct. The Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is a communicative approach employs a positive view of anxiety and how it can help shape life changes, and that is the topic of this article. This research method uses a Systematic Literature Review, investigating Garuda, Pubmed, ScienceDirect, and Proquest, using boolean for keyword neurolinguistics programming (NLP) and anxiety. The inclusion criteria used were Indonesian and English language articles written within the last 5 years (from 2015 until 2020). The exclusion criteria used by the article were abstract writing style, inaccessible, or lacking national accreditation. Articles were tested with Critical Appraisal Tools. The studies indicate that good communication using NLP can help reduce anxiety and can promote changes in a person’s behavior patterns. There are several NLP techniques including sensory acuity, reframing, anchoring, rapport, and pacing, and leading. NLP can improve knowledge, skills and attitudes, communication skills, self-management, mental health, reduce work stress, and self-efficacy.   Keywords: Anxiety, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, NLP

scholarly journals Produção de atividades computacionais de ensino na formação do professor de Matemática / Production of Computational Learning Activities in the Training of the Mathematics Teacher

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabiana Fiorezi de Marco
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Knowledge ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Interpretive Analysis ◽  
Teaching And Learning Mathematics ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
Computing Environments

ABSTRACTThis  article  is  the  result  of  a  survey  conducted  in a Federal University  of State  of  Minas  Gerais,  Brazil,  degree course in Mathematics. Emphasizes the importance  of  the  use  of  computing  environments and reports the production of a learning activity designed by future mathematics teachers exploring the concept of area. The written productions, reports of activities and  discussions  taped interviews comprised  the  scenario of our  anlyzes  having  as  main goal is to analyze the implications that didactic production computational activities education developed by licensees can bring to the training of future  teachers  of  mathematics, having as theoretical perspective the historical-cultural  knowledge  and  Activity  Theory points out that computing environments, when carefully planned activities, are educational resources effective for the cons-truction of mathematical knowledge. This research is characterized as an intervention research with interpretive analysis of the information  produced. As a result, the analyzes indicate that  the  protagonists of the research developed a process of reflection on the activity of teaching, conceiving it as a surce of the need and reason for teaching and learning mathematics. In addition, there are some implications that didactic teaching activities intentionally planned and mediated by the teacher, can provide for the training of future teachers.RESUMENEste artigo resultou de uma pesquisa realizada em uma Universidade Federal do Estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil, curso de Licenciatura em Matemática. Enfatiza a importância do uso de ambientes computacionais e relata a produção de uma atividade de ensino idealizada por futuros professores de Matemática explorando o conceito de área. As produções escritas, relatórios de atividades desenvolvidas e depoimentos audiogravados compuseram o cenário de nossas análises, tendo como objetivo principal analisar as implicações didáticas que a produção de atividades computacionais de ensino elaboradas por licenciandos podem trazer para a formação do futuro professor de matemática, tendo como fundamentação teórica a perspectiva histórico-cultural de conhecimento e a Teoria da Atividade. Destaca que ambientes computacionais, quando cuidadosamente planejadas as atividades, são recursos pedagógicos eficazes para a construção do conhecimento matemático. Esta pesquisa caracteriza-se como uma pesquisa de intervenção, com análise interpretativa das informações nela produzidas. Como resultados, as análises indicam que os protagonistas da pesquisa desenvolveram um processo de reflexão sobre a atividade de ensino, concebendo-a como geradora da necessidade e do motivo para ensinar e aprender matemática. Além disso, percebem-se algumas implicações didáticas que atividades de ensino, intencionalmente planejadas e mediadas pelo professor, podem propiciar para a formação de futuros professores.

scholarly journals Mathematics and Theology in the Thought of Nicholas of Cusa

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 477-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Murawski
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Knowledge ◽  
Mutual Influence ◽  
Mathematical Thinking ◽  
Physical Reality ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Mathematical Ideas ◽  
Nicholas Of Cusa ◽  
Apophatic Theology ◽  
The World ◽  
Mutual Relations

Abstract Nicholas of Cusa was first of all a theologian but he was interested also in mathematic and natural sciences. In fact philosophico-theological and mathematical ideas were intertwined by him, theological and philosophical ideas influenced his mathematical considerations, in particular when he considered philosophical problems connected with mathematics and vice versa, mathematical ideas and examples were used by him to explain some ideas from theology. In this paper we attempt to indicate this mutual influence. We shall concentrate on the following problems: (1) the role and place of mathematics and mathematical knowledge in knowledge in general and in particular in theological knowledge, (2) ontology of mathematical objects and their origin, in particular their relations to God and their meaning for the description of the world and physical reality, (3) infinity in mathematics versus infinity in theology and their mutual relations and connections. It will be shown that—according to Nicholas—mathematics and mathematical thinking are tools of rationalization of theology and liberating it in a certain sense from the trap of apophatic theology.

It's a Home Run! Using Mathematical Discourse to Support the Learning of Statistics

2007 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 250-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen S. Himmelberger ◽  
Daniel L. Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Classroom ◽  
Mathematical Thinking ◽  
National Council ◽  
Instructional Programs ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
Mathematical Ideas ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Procedural Fluency ◽  
Learning Mathematics

The Standards developed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (2000) state that instructional programs should enable all students to communicate mathematical ideas. The Standards indicate that good communication includes the ability to express organized and precise ideas as well as the ability to analyze and evaluate the mathematical thinking of others. Learning mathematics goes beyond procedural fluency; it also includes learning to discuss mathematical ideas. For this purpose, small groups have become a frequent configuration in the mathematics classroom. When combined with a suitable exercise, small-group discussions can have positive effects on mathematical understanding.

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