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Hurricane High School adopted "Building Thinking Classrooms" to combat math anxiety.

The approach emphasizes collaboration, real-world problem-solving and risk-taking among students.

Math growth scores have increased significantly though proficiency scores remain stable.

HURRICANE, Washington County — Americans have a complicated relationship with math.

Studies reveal that a vast majority of adults living in the United States believe math skills are essential — but more than a third report having negative feelings about the wide-ranging academic discipline encompassing numbers, shapes, patterns and logic.

But a growing number of students at Utah's Hurricane High School are discovering that math doesn't have to be scary. Algebra, trigono

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