Math anxiety is common worldwide. Math anxiety can lead to poor performance and also deter people from taking math courses.

Your mouth is dry. Your armpits are wet. Your brain is neither dry nor wet, but seems to be leaking out your ears. You feel your vision closing to a pinprick around a jumble of symbols that might as ...

There has been a lot of hand-wringing over the past few decades about STEM education and the need to ensure that students leave school with solid math ability. A good understanding of math is a ...

Americans have a complicated relationship with math. Studies reveal that a vast majority of adults living in the United States believe math skills are essential — but more than a third report having ...

A report out today examines the factors that influence 'math anxiety' among primary and secondary school students, showing that teachers and parents may inadvertently play a role in a child's ...

Mathematics instruction and student competence are important educational issues that merit public attention. We read and hear that sufficient numbers of students do not major in mathematics because of ...

Research shows math anxiety is measurably worse among Gen Z students than previous generations. Here's what the data reveals about why it happens and what actually helps.

WASHINGTON — Little girls may learn to fear math from the women who are their earliest teachers. Despite gains in recent years, women still trail men in some areas of math achievement, and the ...