Math can be a daunting, yet necessary, part of a student’s undergraduate curriculum. But the College of Science is stepping up to help students in first-year math courses succeed with the Saturday ...

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

Today’s post continues a series highlighting ways teachers can help students see how math and science are relevant to their lives. Emily Burrell has taught high school mathematics for 23 years. For ...

A modern Red Riding Hood on her way to Grandma’s house can meander through the woods, or drive down the interstate, or even climb a mountain to come around the back way. All those routes will get her ...

Struggling to help your child with their homework? The older they get, the more difficult the assignments become, and for many people, math is the hardest subject to tackle. If just thinking about how ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At East Oakland Pride Elementary School in Oakland, California, some fifth graders are asked to arrange colorful plastic counters ...

As routines for the new school year get underway, many parents are looking forward to getting to know their child’s teacher and finding out what reading and writing assignments will be coming home.

A study by economists shows a wide gap between the kinds of math problems kids who work in retail markets do well and the kinds of problems kids in school do well. In India, many kids who work in ...