{"id":38182,"date":"2015-10-09T09:13:20","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T13:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/?p=38182"},"modified":"2015-10-09T09:14:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T13:14:00","slug":"research-for-lunch-with-dr-wondimu-ahmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/2015\/10\/09\/research-for-lunch-with-dr-wondimu-ahmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Research for Lunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;text-align: center;background: white\"><strong>Join the Office of Research Administration and Dr. Wondimu Ahmed for &#8220;<em>The Role of Self-concept and Subjective Value in Predicting Math Anxiety\u00a0&#8220;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;text-align: center;background: white\">Central Hower High, Room 307<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;text-align: center;background: white\">Friday, October 30, 2015<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;text-align: center;background: white\">12-1 pm<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;text-align: center;background: white\"><strong>Guest Speaker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;background: white\"><span style=\"color: black\">Dr. Wondimu Ahmed <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Cambria','serif';color: black\">is an <\/span><span style=\"color: black\">Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership, LeBron James Family Foundation College of Education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;background: white\"><strong>What&#8217;s on the menu&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;text-align: center;background: white\"><span style=\"color: #111111;background: white\">Math anxiety is one of the most significant emotional impediments to learning and performance in math. <\/span><span style=\"color: #262626\">Evidence shows that math anxiety is associated with avoidance of math courses and careers that depend on math thereby depleting <\/span><span style=\"color: black\">the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) pipeline in the U.S. and elsewhere. <\/span><span style=\"color: #111111;background: white\">Despite its debilitating effects on math achievement and career choices of individuals and its negative impact on a nation\u2019s resource base in <\/span><span style=\"color: black\">STEM<\/span><span style=\"color: #111111;background: white\">, <\/span><span style=\"color: black\">far too little attention has been paid to the causal antecedents of math anxiety.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;text-align: center;background: white\">Come, bring a lunch, and learn more about Dr. Ahmed&#8217;s research and findings!<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;text-align: center;background: white\">Contact RschSrvsGA8@uakron.edu with any questions<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;text-align: center;background: white\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join the Office of Research Administration and Dr. Wondimu Ahmed for &#8220;The Role of Self-concept and Subjective Value in Predicting Math Anxiety\u00a0&#8220; 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