Kids with math learning disabilities process number symbols differently than quantities shown as dots — and it shows up in ...

Math anxiety can lead to poor performance and also deter people from taking math courses. This is because feelings of anxiety ...

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Math is all around us: the music you listen to, the vehicles you drive and even the food you bake can all be represented mathematically. But for most kids - and many adults - the word math evokes ...

I still remember the time when I decided I should ask my dad for help with my math homework, instead of my mom. My mom was a high school math teacher, and it didn’t take more than a glance for my dad ...

Multiplication and long division rarely get pep rallies. But Michaela Sicuranza, a 5th grade teacher at Sinking Springs Elementary, in York, Pa., thinks building an exciting, competitive identity ...

Timed math fluency exercises—in which students are asked to solve a certain number of problems within a minute or two—do not appear to exacerbate students’ math anxiety, new research finds. The study, ...

A few years after Louisiana pushed schools to adopt a new, systemic approach to reading instruction, education officials want to revamp the way students learn math. Last month, the state emerged as an ...

The entrance to Mountain View School in Easthampton. Credit: gazette file photo EASTHAMPTON — A new supplemental math program introduced this school year for middle and elementary school students at ...