Seda Igret Araz

ABSTRACT The focus of this study is on a mathematical model that incorporates anxiety about math among students, specifically looking at a scenario where a group of students who are not anxious initially develop anxiety over time, i.e. a class with persistent anxiety is added to the population after some time.

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