Adults are often intimidated by math, and they can easily pass that attitude on to their children. To counter this, some schools are holding events to bust misconceptions and get adults on board with ...

It’s a common scenario in many households: A child’s struggle with their math homework quickly becomes a frustration for their parents, too. A child wrestles with a problem. His mom, trying to help, ...

Looking for some math problem-solving activities for middle school? Good, you’re at the right page then. Right before children enter Middle School (around the age of 11 or 12), they enter a critical ...

Researchers in the Purdue University Department of Human Development and Family Science (HDFS) want young children to go cuckoo for mathematics. Postdoctoral researcher Salvador R. Vazquez and ...

Susan Sonnenschein received a small grant from the Psychology Department at UMBC for some of the research discussed in this article . Rebecca Dowling and Shari Renee Metzger do not work for, consult, ...

In what would be his centennial year, Martin Gardner, the longtime author of Scientific American's celebrated Mathematical Games column, continues to inspire mathematicians and puzzle lovers Like a ...

Square Root Day — an event that occurs only nine times in a century — was celebrated with a variety of math activities this week at the St. Augustine Elementary School gym. Square Root Day is an ...

What starts as a goofy little mystery hidden inside Cool Math Games quickly spirals into an ARG full of strange clues, unsettling messages, and lore that feels way too dark for a website many players ...

Hortensia Soto does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Video games’ bad reputation may be unfair. Teens who were regular gamers scored higher than average in math, reading and science on an international exam, a new study found. On the other hand, teens ...