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Doesn't the study control for this? "The more the math-anxious parents tried to work with their children, the worse their children did in math, slipping more t
by Jarwain 11y ago
Doesn't the study control for this?
"The more the math-anxious parents tried to work with their children, the worse their children did in math, slipping more than a third of a grade level behind their peers."
The implication is that if the math-anxious parents did not work with their children as much, these children did better.
- BurningFrog 11y agoThat just says that if you're bad at math, trying to teach it doesn't help. That's useful "know your limitations" information, but I don't see how it separates nature vs nurture effects.
- grayclhn 11y agoNo, it says that if you're anxious about math, trying to teach it hurts the child's comprehension.
- BurningFrog 11y agoI don't think there is much distinction between "bad at math" and "anxious about math". The article certainly doesn't try to make one.
- grayclhn 11y agoI was making a distinction between "hurts" and "doesn't help."
- BurningFrog 11y agoThen we agree.