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Anderson, George A.; Clawson, Kenneth – 1992
This paper focuses on science anxiety in undergraduate education and then reviews current theories on how to reduce science anxiety. The exploration of the phenomenon of science anxiety points out that this response results not from a lack of self-confidence, but from a lack of a framework of prior knowledge to help order new knowledge; it also…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development, Higher Education