On the textbook website in the Chapter 2 Integration Corner, there is a section within the Math Corner entitled Math Anxiety Self Test. It is a link to a small page that has a 10 question quiz for math students. The quiz is only a page and it is not interactive. The students taking the quiz could easily scroll to the bottom of the page to immediately see what their scores mean, and could therefore change the scores after they see what they mean. The page also looks boring, and some of the text is off-center with the graphic and the rest of the text. I think that this anxiety quiz is a good idea, but maybe could have been done better.
The quiz would be useful, especially for math students, because children often approach mathematics with an unresolved fear or anxiety. I'm not sure if their fear comes from their own lack of confidence in math classrooms, or from listening to other people's fears. Regardless, I'm not sure if this quiz would be the best idea for my classroom or not. Although it would be good for me as a teacher to know how my students are feeling, the quiz might intimidate my students even more. What would keep the students from lying on the quiz because they are embarrassed? The best thing about this quiz is that if students score low on it (meaning they are anxious), there is a hyperlink to a page called "Ten Ways to Reduce Math Anxiety." This page is colorful, and gives students 10 tips to overcome their fears of math problems. I would definitely be able to use this page in my future math classroom if it seems as if my students are struggling.
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