Involving 1,309 1st graders in 39 elementary schools, the four-state study is considered the largest experiment to test some of the nation’s most widely used commercial math programs.

How strongly children identify with math (their math 'self-concept') can be used to predict how high they will score on a standardized test of math achievement, according to a new study.

Dr Martin Hassler Hallstedt, learning psychologist, is the co-founder of Count on me! maths game, which helps children improve their skills by 60%1 through game play and adventure.

However, the numbers who go on to study maths at A level reveal a striking gender split. Female students accounted for 39.3 per cent of A level maths entries in 2018.

A study by economists shows a wide gap between the kinds of math problems kids who work in retail markets do well and the kinds of problems kids in school do well.

It added: “Currently only around half of 16-19-year-olds study any maths at all and the problem is particularly acute for disadvantaged pupils, 60% of whom do not have basic maths skills at age 16.

As a physics student, my own reason for being in Kenya is two-fold: to encourage more Kenyan students to study physics and to see how technology can be used in teaching physics. I had just finished ...

School children could be made to study maths until they are 18-years-old under new government plans. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will lay out the changes today (Wednesday 4th January) in an attempt ...