Students often struggle to connect math with the real world. Word problems—a combination of words, numbers, and mathematical operations—can be a perfect vehicle to take abstract numbers off the page.

Photo for representational purposes only. New York: A one-on-one math tutoring programme can relieve anxiety about doing math problems in your kids, says a study by Indian-origin researchers. "The ...

Segue Institute for Learning teacher Cassandra Santiago introduces a lesson on word problems to her first graders one spring afternoon. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

Remember quaking at the thought of algebra? A new study published in The Journal of Neuroscience looks at kids who have math anxiety and finds that tutoring can significantly reduce their ...

Anxiety about doing math problems can be relieved with a one-on-one math tutoring program, according to a new study. The study showed that tutoring fixed abnormal responses in the brain's fear ...

Students across the country were struggling with math before the pandemic, but the COVID-19 disruption caused their scores on national exams to plummet to historic lows. The struggle is resurfacing an ...

From the top 100 stories of 2013, #39: A child's innate number sense has implications for her later math skills — and it can be bolstered with tutoring We’re all born with an innate number sense — ...

Eight of the 10 highest-paying jobs right out of college are tied to majors that require significant math skills — think engineering and technology — and the U.S. Commerce Department reports that ...

As the coronavirus pandemic has closed schools around the country and forced many parents into the role of teachers, one lifeline may be particularly helpful: a free online math tutor. On a cloudy ...