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, ...

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, ...

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 ...