If you’re skeptical, we don’t blame you. Math doesn’t always have a reputation for being approachable and enjoyable. Thankfully, dozens of math learning apps are dispelling the “math is boring” trope ...

Board games based on numbers, like Monopoly, Othello and Chutes and Ladders, make young children better at math, according to a comprehensive review of research published on the topic over the last 23 ...

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This past spring, Dawne Coker found herself dressing up like her grandmother and baking cookies on camera, all for the sake of math. Coker, a K-5 instructional coach in Cumberland County schools in ...

Math video games can enhance students’ motivation to learn, but it may depend on how students play, researchers have found in a study of middle-schoolers. Math video games can enhance students' ...

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Wuzzit Trouble, from InnerTube games, is new in the app store this week. Innertube Games is a learning-games studio founded by four enthusiasts, including the world famous Dr. Keith Devlin: the NPR ...

For many parents and kids, grading season isn't the slam-dunk, high-five, fist-bumping celebration you were hoping for. But you don't need to hire an expensive tutor or run off to the after-school ...

It’s a common scenario in many households: A child’s struggle with their math homework quickly becomes a frustration for their parents, too. A child wrestles with a problem. His mom, trying to help, ...

Do educational video games have an impact on students' ongoing achievement in mathematics? Researchers at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington are studying just how effective a learning tool ...