My first date with my boyfriend was pretty average, a springtime walk followed by pizza. Sure, he was nice, a good listener and had dreamy blue eyes, but I wasn’t getting the butterflies. Well, not ...

Developmental math poses one of the biggest and most immutable challenges in higher education. Interventions to improve student success rates such as corequisite designs, curriculum alignment with ...

It was parent-teacher conference season once again. After waiting in line for a while and scanning his daughter’s report card, Todd was eager to talk to Lila’s teacher about her performance in math ...

United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak recently announced an effort to reverse an “anti-math” culture in his country. “We say things like: ‘Oh, maths, I can’t do that, it’s not for me’ — and ...

Educational Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 84, No. 3 (November 2013), pp. 309-328 (20 pages) In this article, I present and build on the ideas of John Threlfall [(Educational Studies in Mathematics ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Engaging a specific part of the brain during mental math exercises is connected with better emotional health, according to a new brain-scanning study published by Duke researchers in ...

When you’re on vacation, your hard-earned dollars sometimes feel like “Monopoly” money ― especially if you’re dealing with cash in an unfamiliar currency. Then there’s the inescapable temptation of ...

Math and I have had a long and bitter struggle throughout my college career. As a result, I can say with a fair amount of conviction that I don’t particularly enjoy math. At the same time, though, I ...

Sanaa Hiremath is like many 11-year-olds. She loves being outside or watching videos on her iPad, but here’s where she’s different: She can solve any math problem without using a calculator, pen, or ...