To understand why, the team looked at the MRI scans.

To learn math, students must build a mental toolbox of facts and procedures needed for different problems. But students who can recall these foundational facts in isolation often struggle to use them ...

If you have ever thought, "I'm not a math person," you aren't alone. Math anxiety can start for kids as early as first grade, and cognitive scientist Sian Beilock says that adult fMRI scans show that ...

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

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...

Last December, several members of a national organization for math education leaders came together to issue a warning. A growing movement in the field, they claimed, was calling on schools to adopt an ...