Molly Jameson

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Dr. Molly M. Jameson is an award-winning educator who emphasizes the roles of positive emotion and relevancy in being an effective educator. Dr. Jameson teaches primarily current and future educators in topics such as learning, instruction, and classroom assessment. She researches how students' confidence in their abilities is related to their academic anxiety; further, she explores how these issues impact student learning.

She is the author of "Children’s Anxiety in Math Scale" (Jameson, 2013), the first developmentally appropriate assessment for math anxiety in children as young as kindergarten.

Topics

Math Anxiety

The potential influences on math anxiety (teaching style, testing, student self-confidence, stereotypes) and the outcomes of math anxiety (decreased math performance, low liking of math, decreased likelihood of math electives or majoring in STEM fields).

Confidence and Learning

Improving Student Learning

Teacher Training