LOUGHBOROUGH: School mathematics teaching is stuck in the past. An adult revisiting the school that they attended as a child would see only superficial changes from what they experienced themselves.

A gender gap in mathematical ability arises shortly after children begin school — irrespective of the type of school they attend and their socio-economic background. All students in France take a ...

Simple patterns can be found almost everywhere in the environment, from drain covers to leaves and road markings, say Julie Mountain and Felicity Robinson Patterns are essential to building ...

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has designed the Class 10 Mathematics syllabus 2025–26 to strengthen conceptual understanding and analytical skills among students. Among all chapters, ...

Sandy Hetherington receives funding for this research from a UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship MR/T018585/1 and a Royal Society Research Grant RGS\R2\212063. Holly-Anne Turner does ...

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Executive functions play an important role in early maths, says Rosemary O’Connor, from a University of Oxford team who have developed a programme to embed these crucial mental skills into fun maths ...

Newcastle mascot, Maggie Magpie has a song and movement routine to help students learn all about number patterns. This is a great refresher for pupils and will get them physically active too. The ...