Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to add, starting with ...

Mathematics has been the broccoli of school subjects for generations of Australian teenagers. Often pushed aside, dreaded, or even feared, nearly one third of students opt out of any senior math ...

Girls, on average, find more success at school than boys. The data are clear; the reasons behind it, less so. Are boys today simply less likely than girls to see the value of succeeding academically?