Local Journalism Initiative
A Winnipeg professor has penned a children’s book on “math anxiety” to acknowledge the overwhelming feelings many experience when faced with fractions, long division and numbers in general, and offer strategies to overcome them. “Math anxiety is something that’s totally preventable and it’s totally manageable and can be fixed — but, people have to know what to do and, basically, be aware of it,” said Sheri-Lynn Skwarchuk, an academic at the University of Winnipeg who researches early childhood e