Admission in undergraduate programmes in Maths is expected to decline by 20-30% this year even in top colleges in Tamil Nadu. Some institutions have already begun cancelling the evening shifts in ...

For some students, an announcement of a math pop quiz can send them into a cold sweat. A new brain-imaging study suggests that the way they deal with that first rush of anxiety can be critical to ...

The math gap is an educational problem and an economic warning we cannot afford to ignore. When children enter school lacking a grasp of the language of math, they are set on a difficult path of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Only a small percentage of high achievers in maths at primary school from disadvantaged backgrounds go on to fulfil their ...

Students learn math best when they approach the subject as something they enjoy, according to a Stanford education expert. Speed pressure, timed testing and blind memorization pose high hurdles in the ...

The British secretary for education Michael Gove spoke in praise of video games as a tool for learning at the Royal Society last week. In a comprehensive speech on the future of education, Gove ...

White boys from disadvantaged backgrounds who do well at primary school are the most likely to see maths potential unfulfilled, a study has found. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep ...