Earlier this month, Barbara Oakley, engineering professor at Oakland University and author of “Learning How to Learn" published an opinion piece called "Make Your Daughter Practice Math. She'll Thank ...

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The term "computer" used to be applied to humans that performed calculations by hand. It's still important for today's kids to still know how to, say, multiply without using their calculators (or ...

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A spike in blood pressure. A racing heart rate. Sweaty palms. For many adults, this is what they feel when faced with difficult math. But for kids, math anxiety isn't just a feeling, it can affect ...

Does math make you a little nervous? You're in the majority. The phrase "number anxiety" was first coined by researchers back in the 1950s. By some estimates, as high as 93 percent of Americans feel ...