For many parents, helping with maths homework can feel a little daunting. The good news is that supporting your child with maths doesn’t require you to have all the answers. Often, the most powerful ...

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 ...

Throughout her school years, Eva felt “stupid” because she always failed her maths exam while many of her friends grasped the dreaded subject. A year ago Eva, who is now 18, found out that she has ...

A painless, non-invasive brain stimulation technique can significantly improve how young adults learn maths, my colleagues and I found in a recent study. In a paper in PLOS Biology, we describe how ...

Kinga Morsanyi receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (Centre for Early Mathematics Learning; ES/W002914/1). Carlo Tomasetto does not work for, consult, own shares in or ...