Mathematics is a unique subject in that mathematics-related motivation and learning are often accompanied by strong emotions, such as mathematics anxiety, which is estimated to affect as many as one ...

The latest NAPLAN test results showed that one in three Australian students fell short of the proficiency benchmark in maths. In the 2022 Programme for International Student Assessment survey, 40 per ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...

A little stress can motivate, but teachers increasingly report their students’ fears over math interfere with their learning. In a nationally representative survey conducted this spring, nearly all ...

Math 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 behavioral problems in class, as well as physical symptoms ...

Teenagers across the world are becoming more afraid of math. Math anxiety—feeling tense, worried, or helpless while doing or thinking about doing math—has risen over the past decade, according to self ...

Could hugging a soft, mechanized pillow that simulates slow breathing help test-stressed students ward off anxiety and stress? British researchers are betting on it. The pillow in question looks like ...

If the prospect of calculating a tip on a dinner bill with family or friends looking on makes you panic, listen up: Your subpar knack for numbers might not always be the problem, suggests a new study.

We typically think of math anxiety as universally bad for math learning, but a team of scholars have now discovered that the relationship between math anxiety and learning is much more complex. Based ...

State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa & Co. are moving to recommend that teachers stop giving timed math quizzes lest they ...