This year has seen some amazing advancements in fundamental mathematics. Researchers have made breakthroughs in geometry, topology, chaos theory, and more. And a startling three of our top 10 ...

In October 2024 Luke Durant, an independent researcher in San Jose, Calif., announced that he had discovered the largest known prime number—so enormous it would take years to write out in full. One ...

Kids in elementary school learn—or are supposed to learn—how to add fractions and round numbers. But many students at the University of California, San Diego—a top public university ranked sixth ...

Math anxiety is characterized by an intensive feeling of fear, apprehension and tension during math-related activities, such as basic arithmetic calculations or solving differential equations ...

Learning math is a deeply cognitive experience. But the strength of that learning is highly influenced by emotions. The brain systems we aim to recruit in education—attention, motivation, memory, and ...

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Minoritized students tend to have lower undergraduate degree attainment in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) than their White and South and East Asian counterparts. According to ...

Practical word problems are often considered one of the most complex parts of elementary school mathematics. They require students to understand the context of a math problem, identify what the ...

The employment future looks bright for people with strong math skills. But among the nation’s K-12 students, that represents a small and dwindling demographic. What’s to blame for students’ poor math ...

When it comes to math, there are two kinds of people - people who don’t like it and liars. All jokes aside, many of us can think back to high school and all the classes you really didn’t enjoy. And ...