Numerical cognition—the ability to recognize, interpret, remember and, in some instances, manipulate numbers—was long thought ...

A new study at a Spanish zoo showed the giraffes could do rudimentary mathematics. What animals can do arithmetic?

A new study finds that high school students identify more with math if they see their math teacher treating everyone in the class equitably, especially in racially diverse schools. The study by ...

A focused maths study session showing the process of learning, practicing, and staying motivated. The content offers a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ongoing math wars plus persistent teacher pipeline issues are among the most powerful forces behind students’ longstanding ...

Two programs for teaching mathematics in the early grades—Math Expressions and Saxon Math—emerge as winners in early findings released last week from a large-scale federal experiment that pits four ...

Getting something wrong is never a good feeling. And for people with math anxiety, one wrong answer could spiral into a lifetime of avoided opportunities and limited choices. “It is the vicious cycle ...

Are boys really better at math than girls? Nah, that doesn’t add up. That’s according to new research out of Carnegie Mellon University. Neuroscientists looked at young boys’ and girls’ brains, and ...