When my children were in grade school, I never let them do their math homework with calculators. They had to work out the numbers in their head or with pencil and paper. I kept thinking about my ...

We have all heard the old saying, "Sleep on it," when trying to solve a problem or making an important decision. There might be some scientific truth to that advice, especially when it comes to ...

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

Certain cognitive skills help improve memory naturally. Strengthening focus, logic, language, and emotional control can support better recall, learning, and overall brain health over time.

Math anxiety grows from stress, culture, and experience, not ability. By changing how we teach, test, and talk about math, we can reduce fear.

Lily Fincher and Omar Etman show how to play a math memory game. Lily Fincher and Omar Etman show how to play a math memory game. They make two sets of cards depicting something they’ve learned ...