Frustrated math students may have a good excuse — some of the teaching methods meant to make math more relevant may in fact be making it harder to understand, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. They ...

First grade teachers facing a class full of students struggling with math were more likely to turn to music, movement, and manipulative toys to get their frustrated kids engaged, finds a new study in ...

The U.S. Department of Education has hired a math scholar with well-publicized views about how that subject should be taught as a senior adviser. W. Stephen Wilson, a mathematics professor at Johns ...

Alan Turing, Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, John Nash—these “beautiful” minds never fail to enchant the public, but they also remain somewhat elusive. How do some people progress from being able to ...

Here's how you can help your kindergartner master the basics of math outside of the classroom. Try to incorporate basic math concepts into everyday activities. Have your child count objects regularly ...

Reinforcing basic math concepts in everyday situations will help your child begin to see that math is indeed everywhere. The next time you and your child are taking a walk, you can find ways to ...