Researchers offer two potential explanations for their much-debated findings on NAEP math performance in public and private schools.

Brain scans of kids under 10 years old show no gender difference in how they perform math equations. Previous studies looked at standardized tests, which don’t differentiate between learned and ...

Given the significant and persistent gender differences in SAT math test scores that have persisted over many generations across all ethnic groups, the scientific data about gender differences in ...

Given the significant and persistent gender differences in SAT math test scores that have persisted over many generations across all ethnic groups, the scientific data about gender differences in ...

While math achievement levels were essentially the same between genders, the difference in attitude towards math was strikingly in favor of boys over girls.

Gender disparities in math proficiency emerge only after children start school, according to a new study coauthored by Harvard Professor of Psychology Elizabeth S. Spelke ’71 and published in the ...

Students who perform well on tests of college math readiness process simple arithmetic problems differently than do students with lower math scores, a new brain-imaging study finds.

The memorization of procedural computation that monopolizes math time in U.S. classrooms trips up most young people and discourages many from attending and completing a degree, and gaining ...

In response to your coverage of the Clark County School District math test failures: It is much harder to teach high school math to students of moderate aptitude than it is to teach any other ...

Despite the fact that boys and girls display equal competencies in mathematics (e.g. Lindberg, Hyde & Petersen, 2010), gender gaps in math attitudes, perceptions, and interests remain prominent ...

Girls more anxious about mathematics, STEM subjects compared to boys Gender equality, female role models not making a positive difference, study finds Date: April 22, 2016 Source: University of ...