TLDR: How do kids get turned off to math? ... Students who feel little self-efficacy in math, who fail to see the usefulness of the subject, whose parents evin

TLDR: How do kids get turned off to math? ... Students who feel little self-efficacy in math, who fail to see the usefulness of the subject, whose parents evince a lack of interest, who are not learning math in environments conducive to flow, and who feel math anxiety [1] are the ones who will turn off and shut down. Article suggests a few strategies for addressing those problems, and references the source research paper [2]. 1. http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/03/how-to-deal-with-kids-math-anxiety/ http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/03/how-to-deal-with-kid... 2. http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=search.displayRecord&uid=2011-24239-001 http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=search.displayRecord&#38...