Conceptual problems, ideology clashes and xenophobia prevented the concept of zero from catching on for a long time. Today all mathematics is based on it ...

Do you think most middle-school students would rather do their math homework or take out the trash? What if the choice was between those math equations and eating broccoli? While you’re puzzling ...

Barbie caught a lot of flack back in the ’90s for declaring, “Math class is tough!” Today we find ourselves in the disorienting position of defending her. We recently got a note from an ...

“The math skills of parents tend to ‘rub off’ on their children,” says lead researcher Melissa E. Libertus, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and a research scientist ...

He was doing well, and I felt proud that I'd contributed. I admit I never really loved math, but I could handle the basics like fractions, multiplication, and even some early algebra. He ...

Education Secretary Linda McMahon struggles with basic math when trying to add up proposed budget cuts - Secretary of ...

Making math fun and relatable to the masses is a lifelong ambition for Eugenia. To date, she's the author of seven popular math books, including two children's books on math. "I think that we ...

But there’s a similar learning disability that is holding back the achievement of students in mathematics, and it’s much less widely known. Although dyscalculia, a neurodevelopmental disorder that ...

Humans have been learning math for thousands of years. As long ago as the third millennium BC, Mesopotamian scribes-in-training practiced calculation and geometry by etching numbers into clay tablets.

Math education is rapidly changing. And while there are real headwinds with respect to math achievement, the new ideas and curricula that are emerging have the potential to power real progress for ...

That really wasn’t the rule that she was being taught. But Barclay — a former Virginia math educator of the year — thought back to his own experience with a discouraging middle school teacher and ...

When I couldn't help my son with his math anymore, I felt like I was no longer enough. I finally realized I was making it about me and not about what my son needed. Growing up, I did well in my ...