A mathematician has explained how to stabilise a wobbly table without needing to jam a beer coaster under one of the legs. Australian researcher Dr Burkhard Polster, of Monash University in Melbourne, ...

“Research has pinpointed the onset of 'maths anxiety’ around the age of eight,” she explains, “when they start doing times tables tests. They are all about speed and memory. If someone isn’t fast at ...

We’ve all been sat drinking a beer only to realize that the table wobbles irritatingly. But while a piece of folded paper can solve the problem for a few minutes, there is a better solution—and it ...

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Most people will probably remember the times tables from primary school quizzes. There might be patterns in some of them (the simple doubling of the 2 times table) but others you just learnt by rote.

A mathematician has explained how to stabilise a wobbly table without needing to jam a beer coaster under one of the legs. Australian researcher Dr Burkard Polster of Monash University in Melbourne ...

Get your class on their feet and learning the 3 times table using Professor Pipette's fun song and movement routine. This is a great introduction or refresher for students and will give them a short ...

Asian countries have taken top places in global school rankings for maths, science and reading, with England and Northern Ireland among high performers. US academics have produced international ...

Professor Jo Boaler stirred up a storm last week with radical suggestions for tackling 'maths anxiety’ in schools. Peter Stanford reports Jo Boaler is professor of mathematics education at Stanford ...