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We know a lot about how babies learn to talk, and youngsters learn to read. Now scientists are unraveling the earliest building blocks of math — and what children know about numbers as they begin ...

Many high-achieving students experience math anxiety at a young age — a problem that can follow them throughout their lives, new research at the University of Chicago shows. In a study of first- and ...

Not everyone is a big fan of math or math riddles. But the people who are, know that solving math riddles is a great way to practice your problem-solving skills and get some much-needed mental ...

Welcome to Terri Eilks’ world, where bright colors and yards of construction paper reign supreme and where 17 1st graders learn in an atmosphere of fun and structure. “My teaching philosophy is `Let’s ...