A study suggests that carefully controlled electrical stimulation of the brain may improve math skills, most significantly in people with weaker connections in a specific part of the brain. When you ...

Finding the perfect study technique is a common goal for students, especially as midterms and finals loom. Strategies like the Pomodoro method, spaced repetition and active recall are popular, but ...

MINNEAPOLIS — An important deadline is approaching, and we're not talking about Christmas shopping. End of semester exams are coming up for students of all ages. Finals exams are just hours away.

To learn math, students must build a mental toolbox of facts and procedures needed for different problems. But students who can recall these foundational facts in isolation often struggle to use them ...

It is the time of the semester when students start sending emails asking "What is the best way to study for the upcoming test?" Usually, these emails arrive a couple of days before the first big test ...