Perceptions of ease and difficulty, but not growth mindset, relate to specific math attitudes.
Marta K MielickiLauren K SchillerCharles J FitzsimmonsDaniel A ScheibeClarissa A ThompsonPublished in: The British journal of educational psychology (2021)
People struggle to integrate their whole number and rational number representations, and one reason people hold negative attitudes about fractions may be that they view them as difficult and even impossible.