Children with learning difficulties can benefit from being encouraged to find their own way to solve arithmetic problems, according to new research. Children with learning difficulties can benefit ...

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 anonymous ...

Students should not be left to struggle with routine math needed to manage their finances, bake a cake or do a home repair.

A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...

For many parents with young children, the bedtime routine is a firmly entrenched system involving a warm bath, a good book, a kiss and a hug. Toying with that equation borders on sacrilege, but Laura ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Ever wondered how your mind deals with complex sums and multiplications? A new study has imaged how the brain's activity levels change while ...

Think math is uninteresting? Try using it to answer fundamental problems that provoke interest and wonderment, such as calculating the distance to the moon. "It is a beautiful problem with an eloquent ...