Entering the Science stream as a fourth former last year, I was delighted to start it with four daunting subjects: Additional Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology and Physics. Even before the first lesson, ...

In How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking, University of Wisconsin professor Jordan Ellenberg celebrates the virtues of mathematics, especially when they're taught well. He writes ...

Young children can crudely add and subtract numbers before they have learned the rules of arithmetic, a new study finds. Researchers presented five- and six-year-old children with problems such as, ...