Science news articles about 'math whizzes'

... talents to the fullest. Girl Math Whizzes Found in Cultures that Value Math The main part of the study ... pressures conspire to discourage girls from pursuing math. "[I]t is deemed uncool within ...

... professor of mathematics and computer science at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater involved with math competitions, and Titu Andreescu, a professor of mathematics education at the University of ...

A culture of neglect and, at some age levels, outright social ostracism, is derailing a generation of students, especially girls, deemed the very best in mathematics, according to a new study.