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A spike in blood pressure. A racing heart rate. Sweaty palms. For many adults, this is what they feel when faced with difficult math. But for kids, math anxiety isn't just a feeling, it can affect ...
No math. While the language of quantum mechanics is written using fairly advanced math, I don’t believe one has to read Japanese before you can appreciate Japanese art.
When Frances E. Anderson saw the latest math scores for America's fourth-and eighth-graders, she was hardly surprised that they had dropped. Until recently — including the period of remote ...
The word “algorithm” can sometimes seem like a word designed to scare people away from math classes, much like the words “calculus”, “Fourier transform”, or &#82… ...
Elementary school math instruction is focused on learning grade level skills and meeting mandated standards. For students who are capable of doing more difficult math work, teachers may add ...
A MassChallenge finalist has come up with a novel way to teach kids math: basketball. NBA Math Hoops is a board game designed like a basketball court on which students use cards with NBA and WNBA ...
Americans are largely unsatisfied with the way math is taught across the nation's classrooms, according to a new national survey of parents of school-age children, teachers and adults.