The MindfulMath Tutor: A Mindfulness-Infused Learning Environment to Battle Math Anxiety
CHI Extended Abstracts April 25, 2025 Mirella Hladký, Mareike Silber, Tomohiro Nagashima
Math anxiety is a widespread issue that affects students’ emotional well-being and math learning. We developed the MindfulMath Tutor, an interactive mindfulness-infused math learning system with a pedagogical agent that provides both cognitive and socio-emotional support, using positive mindful language and breathing exercises. Our experiment with 31 secondary school students (with medium to...