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Science Anxiety and Gender

The identification of fear of science as a factor in student avoidance of, or failure in science courses, began in 1977 when I observed that many students who were otherwise good scholars, even in mathematics, were experiencing inordinate difficulty in their science courses. I coined the term &dquo;science anxiety,&dquo; and with the Counseling Center staff at Loyola University, founded the first science anxiety clinic (Mallow, 1978A). The clinic, co-facilitated by a scientist and a counseling psychologist, treats groups of 6 to 10 selfidentified science-anxious students in a seven-session, two-hours-per-session regimen comprised of three components: science skills training (Mallow, 1978B), cognitive restructuring (Ellis, 1962), and relaxation and desensitization training (Jacobson, 1938; Wolpe, 1958).