Math anxiety is a rampant problem across the country. Researchers now know that when people with math anxiety encounter ...

August brings the usual dread of summer’s end and the imminent return to school, now magnified by the uncertainty of a COVID future and painful memories of the COVID past. As if the increased levels ...

If terms like “multiplication tables,” “long division” or “coefficient” tend to jack up your blood pressure, you’re not alone. Millions of people have an aversion to math. Mallika Scott, Cal State ...

In his new book, "Math With Bad Drawings: Illuminating The Ideas That Shape Our Reality" Ben Orlin reveals to us what math actually is. It's myriad uses, it's strange symbols, and the wild leaps of ...

There is no shortage of popular books and lectures on math—but they can only teach us so much. Mathematics has long been presented as a sanctuary from confusion and doubt, a place to go in search of ...

The article was updated on July 10 to clarify the section about rewording and eliminating cited research. The State Board of Education is poised to approve a nearly 1,000-page guidance for math ...