We know the struggle with mathematics—for both teachers and students—all too well. Students’ math scores, as per the “Nation’s Report Card,” have plunged to record lows. Misconceptions in early grades ...

Imagine a classroom full of bright young students, all striving to do their best on a high school math test. They sit, heads slightly bowed, pencils ready, each one thinking about how to tackle each ...

A nontraditional teaching strategy is also helping teens at the southern Utah school connect with their fellow classmates.

The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress just painted a dismal picture of math performance in America’s schools, continuing to show more than a decade of stagnation.

Brett and I are both professors at Yale University, but we get opposite reactions when we introduce ourselves at a party. As an assistant professor of psychology studying motivation and learning in ...