A nontraditional teaching strategy is also helping teens at the southern Utah school connect with their fellow classmates.

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As national math scores continue to drop, many parents are left wondering how to ignite a spark for math in their kids.

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No matter the age, there's one school subject that just doesn't add up for many people, and trying to solve it can bring nerves and even fear. Balancing weights, measuring steps and stacking blocks ...

If Levi Vaughan, a 5-year-old kindergartner in Braidwood, Ill., makes it through math class without a meltdown, it’s a good day. The transition to school has been tough in other ways for Levi, said ...

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 ...

Experiencing math anxiety -- nervousness and discomfort in relation to math -- impairs math performance for some students, but new research shows that it's linked with improved performance for others, ...

“Math anxiety” is an actual term to describe students who struggle with math because they become anxious when having to take math tests or do math problems in class or for homework. One might believe ...

It's an old joke that there are three kinds of people in the world: those who are good at math and those who aren't. Mathematics anxiety is a feeling of tension and fear when dealing with numbers or ...

Your mouth is dry. Your armpits are wet. Your brain is neither dry nor wet, but seems to be leaking out your ears. You feel your vision closing to a pinprick around a jumble of symbols that might as ...