Math anxiety is a corrosive agent in the STEM talent pipeline. Contrary to what might be expected, it disproportionately affects high-ability students who default from efficient mathematical strategies that rely on working memory to less-efficient ones.

Elevresultaten ökade med matematiklyftet – utom i gruppen med socioekonomiskt svaga förutsättningar. Samtidigt visar forskning varför flickor väljer bort matematiken.

I skolan presterar flickor i allmänhet bättre än pojkar i matematik. Ändå väljer de sällan utbildningar inom naturvetenskap, teknik och matematik. Är flickors "relativa förmåga" förklaringen?  

By reflecting on their math work in writing and drawings, students see what they’ve learned and find areas where they need to improve.

As a teacher I have always struggled with assigning homework. My first year, I mainly assigned homework because I thought that was what you were supposed to do. I soon began to realize that the homework I was assigning was not having the desired effect, writes teacher Michelle Russell.

Activities designed to help students believe in themselves may improve their math skills.

På Essingeskolan har schackspelande förbättrat elevernas lärande. Fler når målen i matematik och eleverna har blivit bättre på att samarbeta. ”Man blir lugn och kan fokusera”, säger eleven Simon Paakkinen.

Children enter kindergarten with varying math skills and, much like literacy and language development, exposure to and experience with math at home in the early years of development can be a strong predictor of later achievement in math. But Harvard Graduate School of Education professor Meredith Rowe and former HGSE researcher Kathryn Leech, an assistant professor at the University of North…

Integrating the arts into lessons across a STEM curriculum can prepare students for the future workforce and help bridge learning gaps, Cyreena Boston Ashby, CEO of Girls Inc. of the Pacific Northwest, writes in this commentary.

Studies show that mathematical reasoning ability is crucial in early education, and when children understand math before entering elementary school, they have higher achievement on both reading and math tests later in their school years.

Given past research and present COVID learning gaps, district leaders may want to evaluate current middle school math acceleration programs.