For the first time, scientists have identified the brain pathway that links a positive attitude toward math to achievement in the subject. In a study of elementary school students, researchers found ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BALTIMORE -- Imagine you’re a character in a math problem. You have three platters, but two cakes. All three platters need to have ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — About two dozen second graders sat on the carpet at the front of Jacquelyn Anthony’s classroom, reviewing how to make tens. “Two needs eight!” the students yelled out together. “Six ...

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 ...

Science one semester, social studies the next. Or social studies and science alternating every other day. These are familiar schedules for the two subjects in elementary schools, where professional ...

Two researchers have published a study that asked students if they see themselves as a math or science person, then followed up with them several times in following years. Results showed those who ...

Glen Whitney, executive director of the Museum of Mathematics, is a member of the Three Village school board. There was a lot of discussion this summer about the big decline in third- through ...

PHOENIX — Arizona’s performance when it comes to state policies for improving math education is unacceptable, according to a study released Tuesday. The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) ...

For the first time, scientists have identified the brain pathway that links a positive attitude toward math to achievement in the subject. The findings will be published online Jan. 24 in ...