Science news articles about 'math skills'

... science. “The so-called gender gap in math skills seems to be at least partially correlated ... resources and opportunities.” In search of bridges across the math gender gap, Sapienza and her colleagues ...

... at home, and the poverty level of the children's families. Overall, the study found that the reading and math skills of children in full-day kindergarten grew faster from the fall to the spring of ...

Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, "Math class is tough!" girls are proving that when it comes to math they are just as tough as boys.

... brain imaging to understand how children develop math skills, and what kind of brain development ... cultural biases in North America around math skills," says Ansari. "We think that people who are good ...

While the study suggests many girls have exceptional talent in math, they are rarely identified in the U.S. because culture discourages girls — and boys — from excelling.

... than females in math ability, thus accounting for why more males are found with very high math skills. Contradicting this assertion, the Wisconsin researchers show that girls' math scores are as ...

... and attention turns to strategies for boosting reading and math achievement for low-income youth, a new ... -quality child care developed reading and math skills in early childhood that likely prepared ...

... requirement will be bad both for students with solid math skills and the unprepared. The new state policy of ...

... video games and lower grade point averages, playing video games did not appear to affect math skills and had a positive relationship with visual-spatial skills. These skills ...

... consistently performed better with color-coded charts than standard BMI charts, with those of lowest math skills reaping the largest benefit. "This study shows the value of simplified communication ...

... between black and white students. He finds that between the fall and spring of first grade, black students' reading and math skills fall almost two months behind those of white ...

... of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study. He found that between the fall and spring of first grade, black students' reading and math skills fall almost two months behind those of ...