SAN FRANCISCO — When faced with simple math problems, people who get jittery about the subject may rely more heavily on certain brain circuitry than math-savvy people do. The different mental approach ...

Sixth grade students with lower mathematical ability perform better on complex arithmetic problems if they write down their calculations. Sixth grade students with lower mathematical ability perform ...

Bilingual people rely on visuo-spatial pathways when solving math problems—something not seen in monolingual people. For anyone who’s breezed through literature class yet struggled with algebra, it ...

I’ve seen the future and it is math less and it is awesome and it is this PhotoMath app that solves math problems just by pointing your phone’s camera at them. It’s like a cross between a text reading ...

Scientists have found that the strength of communication between the left and right hemispheres of the brain predicts performance on basic arithmetic problems. The findings shed light on the neural ...

We like to think that we're pretty good at math, especially after years of schooling. But every once in a while, a simple third-grade math problem manages to trip us up and make us question our ...

Journal of Science Education and Technology, Vol. 29, No. 6 (DECEMBER 2020), pp. 703-712 (10 pages) Arithmetic skills are without a doubt integral to a student’s success or failure in first-semester ...

New Delhi: Indian kids working in markets are proficient in arithmetic skills and mental maths while selling vegetables but are unable to solve simple problems in an abstract form as taught in schools ...