Math Confidence

#3 The Achievement Paradox

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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

  • Uncover how high-achieving students, especially girls with ADHD or math anxiety, can find their usual success strategies backfiring when it comes to mathematics
  • Learn why "just practice more" advice fails these students, and how perfectionism becomes a barrier rather than an asset
  • Explore how the Achievement Paradox affects future career choices, with 70% of modern jobs requiring quantitative skills
  • Understand how neuroscience explains the connection between perfectionism, anxiety, and math performance in high-achieving students
  • Discover why traditional coping mechanisms that work in other subjects often fall apart when facing mathematical challenges

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    • Identify how the Achievement Paradox specifically affects your daughter
    • Receive a customized plan based on neuroscience-backed techniques
    • Learn implementation strategies for home and school

      •  Success in mathematics comes from proper support, strategies, and understanding, not from being "gifted" or a "math person.

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      Math ConfidenceBy Dynell Garron, Educational Therapist