When was the last time you did a bit of math? Perhaps, like this writer, when splitting a check with some friends at a restaurant you (admittedly lazily) simply throw your credit card onto the pile, ...

So, you think you want to be an engineer, or perhaps a computer programmer and rake in the big bucks. But the thought of all those math courses you will have to take in college sort of scares you. You ...

Actor, Loose Women star, and National Numeracy Ambassador Denise Welch says rebuilding number confidence can be life-changing ...

Getting early-childhood educators more comfortable with teaching math was the focus of a summer workshop held by the Erikson Institute in Chicago, Ill. Credit: Camilla Forte/The Hechinger Report The ...

Maths anxiety is the feeling of tension and fear that many people experience when called on to work out a sum. For children, it can lead to behavioural problems in class, as well as physical symptoms ...

We know that girls can do math, and be very good at it. But a new study published this week in PNAS shows that some girls in elementary school aren't learning just how to add one plus one—they are ...

Math anxiety is far from uncommon, but too often, those who dread the subject simply avoid it. Research from the University of Chicago offers new evidence for the link between math anxiety and ...

Over the course of your life, how many times have you heard someone declare they’re “not a math person”? Probably too many to count (no pun intended). Whenever I hear someone say this, I immediately ...

Sarah M. Seltzer, Harvard '05, is a former editor of the Harvard Crimson's magazine. This is adapted from a column in the Crimson. In the midst of the uproar over gender touched off by Harvard’s ...

A woman who overcame her "fear of maths" to get accepted into university in her 50s says age gave her the confidence to take up lessons. Angela, from Somerset, applied for university aged 57, but was ...