Anxiety in Schools

The Editor: Jerrell C. Cassady is Professor of Psychology in the Department of Educational Psychology at Ball State University. He also serves as the Director of the Academic Anxiety Research Consortium, an interdisciplinary and internationally represented group focused on highlighting the forms of academic anxiety and disseminating information on supporting learners. Dr. Cassady recently co-edited Emotional Intelligence: Perspectives on Educational and Positive Psychology (Lang, 2008).

• Contents: Jerrell C. Cassady: Test Anxiety: Contemporary Theories and Implications for Learning – Mark Brosnan/Peter Goodison: Anxiety, Flow, and Boredom: Optimizing Computer-Based Learning in the Classroom – Molly M. Jameson: Math Anxiety: Theoretical Perspectives on Potential Influences and Outcomes – S. Michael Putman: The Debilitative Effects of Anxiety on Reading Affect – Shari L. Britner: Science Anxiety: Relationship to Achievement, Self-Efficacy, and Pedagogical Factors – Elaine K. Horwitz/Michael Tallon/Han Luo: Foreign Language Anxiety – Jason W. Osborne/David Tillman/Abigail Holland: Stereotype Threat and Anxiety for Disadvantaged Minorities and Women – Rebecca S. Martinez/Thomas J. Huberty: Anxiety in Students with Learning Difficulties and Learning Disabilities – Sal Mendaglio: Anxiety in Gifted Students – Kathryn L. Fletcher/Jerrell C. Cassady: Overcoming Academic Anxieties: Promoting Effective Coping and Self-Regulation Strategies.