Students studying math can focus on statistics. Statistics is one of the fastest-growing fields in the country and is ranked No. 9 for Best Technology Jobs, No. 50 in Best STEM Jobs, and No. 92 in 100 ...

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 ...

Researchers in Kentucky are learning important lessons about whether students with disabilities are benefiting from a digital math textbook that speaks words and equations aloud while highlighting ...

Microeconomics can be math-intensive. Fundamental microeconomic assumptions about scarcity, human choice, rationality, ordinal preferences, or exchange do not require advanced mathematical skills.

From more than 50 years of teaching experience, I’ve learned that elementary school teachers are typically more comfortable teaching reading. They delight in watching students become readers. They ...

WASHINGTON ? Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, “Math class is tough!” girls are proving that when it comes to math they are just as tough as boys. In the largest study of its kind, girls ...

Human babies and even animals have a basic number sense that many believe evolves from seeing the world and trying to quantify all the sights. But vision has nothing to do with it—Johns Hopkins ...

Like an online retailer trying to woo a customer back by offering a 10% discount on the boots they’ve been eyeing, education researcher Angela Duckworth wanted to understand how to incentivize ...

Getting something wrong is never a good feeling. And for people with math anxiety, one wrong answer could spiral into a lifetime of avoided opportunities and limited choices. “It is the vicious cycle ...

You’re returning to school and are excited about earning your college degree. But then you take a look at your required courses and realize that a math course or two stands between you and the diploma ...