Remember the days when working a math problem resulted in a right or wrong answer, and parents had a basic grasp of how to help their children with math homework? Those days predated the Common Core ...

Does math make you a little nervous? You're in the majority. The phrase "number anxiety" was first coined by researchers back in the 1950s. By some estimates, as high as 93 percent of Americans feel ...

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. How strongly ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Preschool children who engage in math activities at home with their parents not only improve their math skills, but also their general vocabulary, according to research from ...

In education circles, early literacy — such as ensuring all children are reading by third grade — gets a lot of attention, and rightfully so. Early reading skills have been shown to have a profound ...

Parents can improve their preschool child’s math skills by reading specially designed math picture books to them, according to a new study at Purdue University. Through a grant from the Heising-Simons ...

It is just as natural for young children to think mathematically about their world as it is for them to use language. They develop mathematical knowledge as they manipulate objects and reason about ...

Explore the roots of math anxiety in students and discover strategies to foster confidence and understanding in mathematics.

Often times when working with teenagers, issues with academia often go hand in hand with whatever symptoms we are addressing in therapy. At the end of the day, it is not how hard or how often your ...

With the adoption of the Common Core state standards in mathematics, the biggest complaints I hear are from parents. They struggle to help their child with math homework since it looks so different ...

Over the course of your life, how many times have you heard someone declare they’re “not a math person”? Probably too many to count (no pun intended). Whenever I hear someone say this, I immediately ...

Preschool children who engage in math activities at home with their parents not only improve their math skills, but also their general vocabulary, according to research from Purdue University.