Math anxiety grows from stress, culture, and experience, not ability. By changing how we teach, test, and talk about math, we ...

Adults who are anxious about math have more difficulty doing even basic operations, such as counting six squares on a computer screen, than people who do not dread calculating a tip or the amount they ...

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to ...

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 ...

Commentator Lori Gottlieb tried to join a math club made up of fellow TV writers, but she found that she was in over her head. From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel. MICHELE ...

WASHINGTON It's long been known that America's school kids haven't measured well compared with international peers. Now, there's a new twist: Adults don't either. In math, reading and problem-solving ...

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EDMONDS — Kierston Bach and her brother Chad, both 13, walk to College Place Elementary School every weekday morning to work on math at a free summer program offered to students in the Edmonds School ...