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We have often met students who were intrinsically fearful of maths. The subject terrified them, gave them anxiety attacks and destroyed their self-esteem. This fear seems to be quite widespread in adults too, including parents and teachers. Its is a matter of concern that till grade 4, students seem to love and enjoy maths but as soon as they enter the world of abstract concepts like fractions, decimals, percentages, confusion sets in and they feel more and more helpless in succeeding in the subject. Added to that are incidents of continuous lack of success in solving maths problems accompanied by poor guidance from teachers and intense competition in a classroom, which actually diminishes the self confidence of students. Students with maths anxiety feel negative emotions when engaging in an activity that requires numerical or maths skills. In one of the studies carried out by researchers, when college students were informed that they would be asked to take a maths test, it t...

Teaching social responsibility means intentionally teaching young people to understand themselves, each other, and the world. To do this one can create classrooms where students can air and solve conflicts, discuss controversial topics, have a say in what and how one learns, ask questions, engage in dialogue, and be moved to action as result of their study. Tips to teach social responsibility: Make your classroom more democratic and participatory. The following questions will help decide how to involve students in the curriculum and in the classroom. *can students be allowed to determine classroom rules/guidelines and consequences? * How can students share ideas about reading assignments, areas of study, and home-work? * can some decisions be made by consensus? * can students take turns teaching the class, either individually or in groups? Its human nature to be more invested in something if one has a say in it. We’ve all felt the frustration of watching the sa...