As children learn basic arithmetic, they gradually switch from solving problems by counting on their fingers to pulling facts from memory. The shift comes more easily for some kids than for others, ...

About 10 years ago, Alan Garfinkel, a professor in the life sciences department at the University of California, Los Angeles, got a call. It was from his dean, who said that the department had ...

Math teachers find their subject easy to teach but difficult to learn. Generally, students consider math as the hardest subject. This is a universal truth. It’s the duty of teachers to cure ignorance, ...