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Unmasking Some Aversive Aspect of Schools mathematics and Strategies for Averting Them

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Abstract

From her researches and personal experience, Professor Harbor-peters identified seven(7) major source of aversion in the learning of mathematics. She x-rayed the specific nature of each source with ample illustrations of their classroom manifestations. The discussion makes it clear whether learners fail mathematics due to lack of knowledge mastery or due to aversion arising from those sources.