In recent years, particularly since the pandemic, countless news articles have bemoaned a crisis in math learning. Whether ...

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A math handout sent home by teachers at my son's school struck me as so absurd that I thought for sure the parents were getting punked. The exercise demonstrated how to do the new way of long division ...

Are boys innately better at math and science? The question has generated heated debate for decades, with some researchers theorizing that differences in brain activity and hormones give males a ...

We’re seeing some new developments in AI models that are shedding light on one of the technology’s most prominent gaps – its relative inability to do math well. Some experts note that AI is ...

Math anxiety is far from uncommon, but too often, those who dread the subject simply avoid it. Research from the University of Chicago offers new evidence for the link between math anxiety and ...

You probably haven’t had to do longhand math in years, but you do mental math every day. Or maybe you google math problems ten times a day, because you’ve forgotten how to do any math beyond your ...

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Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Will I ever need math besides for school or work ...