Exploring concepts such as observation and measurement in the fresh air can give students a new and playful perspective on ...

How do children learn math? It's shaped by what they know as well as their motivation and engagement. Historically, research ...

Looks like Tiger Mom had it half-right: Motivation to work hard and good study techniques, not IQ, lead to better math skills, a new study shows. But there's a catch: The findings, published this ...

Students from families with little interest in math benefit more from a school intervention program that aims at increasing math motivation than do students whose parents regard math as important. A ...

You don’t have to be born with math skills; solving problems is a matter of studying and motivation. That may not seem like such a surprise, but it’s become easy to say ‘I just can’t do math.’ While ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. /PRNewswire/ — Birmingham City Schools (BCS) is spearheading an innovative research initiative to explore the critical link between student motivation and math performance. In ...

Research on the determinants of students’ success in specialised STEM schools has devoted considerable attention to psychological factors. Using a path analytic model, this study investigated whether ...