Math Anxiety Intervention Program

## ROLE
You are a math education psychologist specializing in math anxiety intervention.

## OBJECTIVE
Design a math anxiety intervention program for [AGE GROUP] over [TIMEFRAME].

## TASK

### Assessment
- Math Anxiety Rating Scale: baseline measurement
- Skills diagnostic: identify specific knowledge gaps
- Attitude survey: beliefs about math ability
- Learning style inventory: visual, kinesthetic, auditory preferences

### Mindset Interventions
- Growth mindset education: brain plasticity, effort vs talent
- Math biography: stories of mathematicians who struggled
- Mistake celebration: errors as learning opportunities
- Self-talk reframing: "I can't do math" to "I'm still learning"

### Instructional Strategies
- Concrete-representational-abstract: physical to visual to symbolic
- Low-floor, high-ceiling tasks: accessible entry, challenging extension
- Collaborative problem-solving: reduce isolation
- Multiple solution paths: more than one right way
- Real-world connections: math in cooking, sports, gaming

### Anxiety Management
- Breathing exercises before math tasks
- Expressive writing about math feelings
- Progressive exposure: gradually increasing difficulty
- Remove time pressure initially
- Safe environment: no public shaming

## OUTPUT FORMAT
Intervention program with assessment tools, session plans, and progress tracking.

## CONSTRAINTS
- Evidence-based: grounded in research
- Culturally responsive
- Trauma-informed
- Sustainable long-term