Math problems can actually cause people anxiety and physical pain, similar to a punch in the gut, a new Canadian study shows. For people who have anxiety about the school subject, the prospect of ...

Explore the roots of math anxiety in students and discover strategies to foster confidence and understanding in mathematics.

In her more than two decades in front of a classroom, Michelle Jones has used five different math textbooks and, until recently, had grown increasingly frustrated in her inability to reach many of her ...

We like to think that we're pretty good at math, especially after years of schooling. But every once in a while, a simple third-grade math problem manages to trip us up and make us question our ...

With AI’s ability to solve complex math problems in a matter of seconds, it may feel to teachers like the technology is rapidly changing—or will soon—how math is taught. When free and widely available ...

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The C.D. Howe Institute recently released a “report” that says our math scores are falling, the problem is “discovery learning”, and the solution is “direct instruction” with a focus on “basic skills” ...

In the Alberta government’s rush to prepare students for all the unknown challenges of the 21st Century, it’s decided to take out a lot of the teaching of knowledge from the school curriculum. The ...

Reading and math scores are abysmal across the country, as national testing results keep documenting. Illiteracy rates are rising: The number of 16- to 24-year-olds reading at the lowest literacy ...