Hyesang Chang and colleagues, from Stanford University, explored why some children struggle to learn math compared to their peers in a new JNeurosci paper. Children selected which numbers were bigger ...

On a simple math task - indicating which of two amounts is greater - kids with math learning disability get the right answer ...

Math struggles in kids may stem from brains that have a harder time learning from mistakes—not just understanding numbers.

Most people in the math education space agree that students need to be fluent with basic math facts. By the time kids are in ...

A national nonprofit that aims to improve math outcomes for students in pre-K-5 found there are four key elements to ...

There was a time that I thought that understanding math was more useful than memorizing it. A certain amount of memorization is essential, especially for lower-level math. For example, you need to ...

When you’re solving a challenging math problem, you know your brain is working hard. But what, exactly, is going on in there? Despite decades of research into math teaching and learning, there is ...

Dyscalculia is a severe and persistent learning disability in math that affects about 5 to 8 percent of school-age children. Due to its impact on students’ ability to learn and retain basic math facts ...

Usama has a passion for video games and a talent for capturing their magic in writing. He brings games to life with his words, and he's been fascinated by games for as long as he's had a joystick in ...

FSU hosted its 11th annual Math Fun Day. Nearly 600 parents and kids strolled through the open house math festival on campus, ...

Math often feels disconnected from the real lives of students. They learn the steps, solve equations and check their work, ...

While gender differences in learning math have long been debated, new research debunks an old myth about the math abilities of boys and girls. Women have surpassed men in college enrollment and degree ...