Below are links to some of the studies and academic papers that have informed our plans.

On Math Anxiety in General:

• Math Anxiety in Elementary and Secondary School Students
  • Source: Journal of Educational Psychology
• Mathematics Anxiety: What Have We Learned in 60 Years?
  • Source: Frontiers in Psychology
• Mathematics Anxiety and Its Development in the Course of Formal Schooling—A Review
  • Source: Psychology
• Mathematics anxiety and coping strategies among middle school students: relations with students’ achievement goal orientations and level of performance
  • Source: Social Psychology of Education
• The Nature, Effects, and Relief of Mathematics Anxiety
  • Source: Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

On Math Anxiety and Metacognition:

• The Math Anxiety-Performance Link: A Global Phenomenon
  • Source: Association for Psychological Science
• Math anxiety relates positively to metacognitive insight into mathematical test performance
  • Source: PsyArXiv
• On the Relationship Between Math Anxiety and Math Achievement in Early Elementary School: The Role of Problem Solving Strategies.
  • Source: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
• The Sum of All Fears: The Effects of Math Anxiety on Math Achievement in Fifth Grade Students and the Implications for School Counselors
  • Source: Georgia School Counselors Association Journal
• Math Anxiety Differentially Affects Boys’ and Girls’ Arithmetic, Reading and Fluid Intelligence Skills in Fifth Graders
  • Source: Psychology
• Calculated avoidance: Math anxiety predicts math avoidance in effort-based decision-making
  • Source: Science Advances
• Despite high objective numeracy, lower numeric confidence relates to worse financial and medical outcomes
  • Source: PNAS

On Teachers and Math Anxiety:

• Investigating the Relationship between Elementary Teacher Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Instructional Practices, and Student Mathematics Achievement
  • Source: Journal of Curriculum and Instruction
• Mathematics Anxiety in Pre-Service Elementary Teachers and its Impact on their Teaching
  • Source: SocArXiv

On Parents and Math Anxiety:

• Intergenerational Effects of Parents’ Math Anxiety on Children’s Math Achievement and Anxiety
  • Source: Psychological Science

On the Bedtime Math App:

• Bedtime Math
  • This is their website. There are links to more information and press coverage of the study.
• Disassociating the relation between parents’ math anxiety and children’s math achievement: Long-term effects of a math app intervention.
  • This is the University of Chicago study. The abstract is available free, the full publication is behind a paywall.
• How To Make Sure Your Math Anxiety Doesn't Make Your Kids Hate Math
  • Source: NPR
• Kids benefit when parents overcome math anxiety
  • Source: Medical Xpress/ University of Chicago

On the mAMAS Instrument:

• The Modified Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale: A Valid and Reliable Instrument for Use with Children
  • Source: Frontiers in Psychology
• Math Anxiety Assessment with the Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale: Applicability and Usefulness: Insights from the Polish Adaptation
  • Source: Frontiers in Psychology

On the MAST Instrument:

• The Construct Validation of the Math Anxiety Scale for Teachers
  • Source: AERA Open (via Sage Journals)
• Teacher beliefs about mathematics teaching and learning: Identifying and clarifying three constructs
  • Source: Cogent