That conclusion doesn’t add up, at least for college students, according to a study in the June Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. On the contrary, people’s intrusive worries about math ...

Rita Bennett understands that teaching math to her second graders these days adds up to a whole lot more than 2 + 2 = 4. On one recent morning she presented the following problem to her Simi Valley, ...

Here’s a disturbing equation: Anxiety about doing math, plus female elementary school teachers, equals a drag on math achievement for some first- and second-grade girls. Female teachers’ discomfort ...