Science of Learning · Mathematics anxiety
Mathematics anxiety, bridging science and practice
Supporting educators, leaders, and researchers to understand and address mathematics anxiety through evidence-informed practice.
Why it matters
Anxiety shapes how students engage with mathematics
Mathematics anxiety can affect students' engagement, achievement, confidence, and wellbeing. This platform brings together the science of learning, research expertise, and classroom practice to support informed decision-making.
The four pillars below position mathematics anxiety as a practical science of learning challenge. They create multiple entry points for researchers, teachers, and leaders, while recognising that schools still benefit from tailored professional learning to put the ideas into practice.
Four pathways
Choose where to begin. Each pathway stands on its own.
Understand
Explore research summaries, expert interviews, and common misconceptions about mathematics anxiety.
Enter Understand → ObserveObserve
Use a classroom reflection tool to examine how practices and learning environments shape students' emotions.
Enter Observe → ImplementImplement
Work through practical implementation guides that support evidence-informed change, one step at a time.
Enter Implement → ConnectConnect
Ask questions, share what worked, and learn from others working on mathematics anxiety.
Enter Connect →Evidence you can act on
Short briefs, classroom look-fors, and first steps that respect the complexity of real classrooms.
A shared language
Framing and reflection prompts that support whole-school conversations about mathematics culture.
Translation, both ways
Interviews and open questions that connect research to practice, and surface what the field still needs to learn.