Taken very literally, not all students are created equal -- especially in their math learning skills, say researchers who have found that not fully understanding the "equal sign" in a math problem ...

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The equal sign is the bedrock of mathematics. It seems to make an entirely fundamental and uncontroversial statement: These things are exactly the same. But there is ...

MADISON, Wis., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Men and women have equal skills in math, something widely accepted among social scientists, but not by parents and teachers, U.S. researchers said. Chief author Janet ...

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Several studies have already debunked the myth that boys are innately better at math than girls, but those are largely based on analysis of test scores. Now, researchers also have brain imaging that ...

New research comprehensively examined the brain development of young boys and girls. Their research shows no gender difference in brain function or math ability. In 1992, Teen Talk Barbie was released ...

Steve Mirsky: Welcome to Scientific American's Science Talk, hosted on November 15, 2015. I'm Steve Mirsky. On this episode: Arthur Benjamin: I think a lot of the fun stuff has been taken out of the ...

There are no gender differences in math ability, according to a study that examined the brain development of young boys and girls. Researchers conducted the first neuroimaging study to evaluate ...