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The mystery behind the way a child puts together his or her earliest building blocks of math is beginning to unravel. Scientists have found that what children know about numbers as they begin first ...

Many high-achieving students experience math anxiety at a young age — a problem that can follow them throughout their lives, new research at the University of Chicago shows. In a study of first- and ...

Students who can't understand instructions for math problems face unnecessary barriers to achievement. Students who don’t read well or lack crucial vocabulary often face unnecessary obstacles—not just ...

A spirited 5-year-old, Ella Whalen squirmed away from her laptop every chance she got during Zoom kindergarten this year. One day when her mother, Christine, left the kitchen for a moment, the tyke ...