Family game night was recently held at five Pinellas County elementary schools It’s family game night at Davis Elementary School in Clearwater, but there's not a Monopoly board or a Jenga block in ...

No matter the age, there's one school subject that just doesn't add up for many people, and trying to solve it can bring nerves and even fear. Balancing weights, measuring steps and stacking blocks ...

It’s fair to say math is not everyone’s favorite subject. In fact, for many people, the feelings of tension and anxiety that arise when trying to solve a mathematical problem can be all-consuming.

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A former math hater offers tips that just might turn math dread into something less — or maybe even math love.

To increase the number of students entering math and science fields, it’s not enough for them to perform well in math. They have to enjoy it enough to make it a big part of their lives. New research ...

Growing up, Springfield teacher Katie Baker didn't immediately know she was good at math. She had no idea it would become her passion. She recalled seeing patterns, solving equations and memorizing ...

Michael Crehan wages war on a common brand of hate. Twice a week in an Everett Community College classroom, he helps students embrace what vexes them — math. “Nobody hates music or horticulture,” ...

Parents who are anxious about math can still help their children learn the subject when given the right tools, according to research from current and former University of Chicago scholars. Following ...

We typically think of math anxiety as universally bad for math learning, but a team of scholars have now discovered that the relationship between math anxiety and learning is much more complex. Based ...

Although math anxiety is a sad and significant barrier to student learning (“Researchers Develop Scales to Measure Students’ Math Anxiety,” May 17, 2017), it is not an unsolvable problem. Ironically, ...