Sweaty palms, racing heart and dry mouth — math anxiety can quickly make its way through a classroom, affecting not only struggling students, but others as well. A new international study led by ...

Math and reading scores of Canadian students continue to decline steeply, matching a global trend, according to a new study. The state of global education was given a bleak appraisal in the Program ...

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, ...

Test results show students in the U.S. lag behind those in Asia and Europe. A new international study showing a significant drop in U.S. students' math test scores is raising concerns over student ...

Saskatchewan students are scoring better overall on tests in reading, math and science compared to international averages, according to a study of 79 nations. However, Saskatchewan tends to be below ...

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 ...

New research suggested that boys often outperform girls in mathematics, but this doesn't necessarily mean boys are inherently better at the subject. The study found that boys and girls start with ...