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Case: Math Anxiety?
Virgil is an ESL (English as a Second Language) student who has acquired two languages in his upbringing. He is moving to the United States with his family. The entire family is anxious to learn English and the American way of life. Virgil's family is very proud of their heritage and cultural traditions. They have decided to learn English at school and work, but speak their other two languages at home. Virgil is an outgoing young man who experienced difficulties in learning mathematical concepts in his native country. He is hoping that math will be easier for him in the United States. Virgil's parents enroll him in Ms. Tucker's third grade classroom. Hearing the English language being spoken and observing his new environment frightens Virgil. Ms. Tucker decides to ignore Virgil's fearful facial expressions and allow him to be totally immersed in his new culture. She continues to teach the students exactly the way she has done in the past. After all, her teaching methods have been successful for many years. In the afternoon, when the classroom students begin to take out their textbooks with numbers printed on the cover, Virgil perceives that it is time for math. The same sinking feeling he experienced in his old school started to reoccur in his new classroom. Not only was the new language confusing, but the entire math period left Virgil feeling lost and uncomfortable. After a few weeks of math lessons, Ms. Tucker decides to refer Virgil to the Special Education director. It was obvious to Ms. Tucker that Virgil was not understanding the math lessons and he was scoring poorly on the assessments. She felt that perhaps Virgil had some learning disabilities which needed attention. While he was receiving special help with math, Ms. Tucker could conduct class as usual.
Questions:
1. Did Virgil suffer from "math anxiety?"
2. What interventions could Ms. Tucker implement before coming to her conclusions about Virgil?
3. Was total language immersion what Virgil needed?
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
1. Virgil did not suffer from "math anxiety." He simply did not understand the material and needed more help, not to be referred to special education
2. Just because her teaching methods have been successful in the past doesn't mean that they will work for Virgil. Virgil should have some one on one help and the teacher should use lots of manipulatives instead of just saying "oh he must have a learning disability because he doesn't understand the way I'm teaching." Every student learns different and we need to try accommodate and help every student before just assuming they have a learning disability.
3. I don't think language immersion in the beginning was what he needed. A lot of his difficulty with math came from not understanding the english and being apprehensive about the new world he was in. He should have been eased into english instead of just being thrown to the wolves essentially. |
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| Rated On: February 11, 2013 2:58 pm |
| Rated By: Rachael Beck |
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| Rated On: February 11, 2013 3:10 pm |
| Rated By: Bailey Fenwick |
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| Rated On: February 12, 2013 1:49 pm |
| Rated By: Claire Jenkins |
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| Rated On: February 12, 2013 6:36 pm |
| Rated By: Mary Beth Brammar |
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| Rated On: February 14, 2013 8:20 pm |
| Rated By: Nicole Strenkowski |
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| Rated On: March 3, 2013 5:53 pm |
| Rated By: GaTuWy |
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| Rated On: November 2, 2015 4:22 am |
| Rated By: uSezaV |
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| Rated On: February 24, 2020 3:56 am |
| Rated By: amajuj |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
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| Comments: I think that's true |
| Rated On: October 19, 2020 12:12 am |
| Rated By: usuBuQ |
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