Inverse

Brain study reveals how much of math ability is genetic

A bad relationship with math can start early, and anxiety or a lack of confidence around numbers can compound over time — transforming from a grade school phobia to a career hurdle. But some math ...
Education Week

Math Anxiety Weakens How Students Study. Here’s What Teachers Can Do

Want to learn more? Sign up for a free five-week email mini-course full of research-backed strategies to help students make sense of math. Math anxiety doesn’t just make students choke on tests. It ...
EdSource

Best way to improve student math scores? Change teachers’ attitudes, study says

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The Hechinger Report

6 observations from a devastating international math test

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. (We’re a ...
KQED

Gaps Worsen, But Hope Persists: 6 Takeaways From a Devastating International Math Test

An abysmal showing by U.S. students on a recent international math test flabbergasted typically restrained education researchers. “It looks like student achievement just fell off a cliff,” said Dan ...
Education Week

Social-Emotional Learning Linked to Higher Math and Reading Test Scores

Setting aside time in the school day to teach students social-emotional skills, such as emotional regulation and perspective-taking, can substantially boost students’ grade-point averages and ...
Newsweek

Girls and Boys Are Equally Good at Math, and Children’s Brains Function Similarly Regardless of Gender: Scientific Study

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Scientists have debunked the idea that women are underrepresented in ...
Forbes

Research Shows What State Standardized Tests Actually Measure

A new paper from Jamil Maroun and Christopher Tienken sets out to determine whether a state’s big standardized test measures student learning, teacher effectiveness, or something else. The answer, it ...
Los Angeles Times

Gender gap in STEM fields could be due to girls’ reading skills, not math ability

Why don’t more girls grow up to become scientists and engineers? It’s not that they’re bad at math, a new study argues. It’s that they’re even better at reading. This comparative advantage in reading ...
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Study finds unrestricted AI in math practice lowers test scores

A large-scale study in Turkey found that high school students using unrestricted generative AI for math practice performed worse on independent exams than peers who did not use AI. While AI boosted ...
Newsweek

Feminists Work Harder at Math, More Likely to Sacrifice Men, Study Says

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Women who identify as feminists may be subconsciously protected from ...