The latest NAPLAN test results showed that one in three Australian students fell short of the proficiency benchmark in maths. In the 2022 Programme for International Student Assessment survey, 40 per ...

From March 15, more than one million young Australians will sit the NAPLAN numeracy test. For most students, this will just be a routine part of the school day (albeit less fun than running around at ...

Analysis: A tension and anxiety around numbers and maths problems can have far-reaching impacts on an individual and society Have you ever felt anxious when working out how to split a bill in a ...

A report out today examines the factors that influence 'math anxiety' among primary and secondary school students, showing that teachers and parents may inadvertently play a role in a child's ...

Maths anxiety is a state of discomfort which occurs in response to situations involving the solving of mathematical problems in a wide variety of ordinary life and academic situations. Think about how ...

Tracey Muir has received funding from the Australian Research Council for other projects not related to this article. Julia Hill received funding from the Australian Government Research Training ...

Mathematics -- it's the subject some kids love to hate. Yet despite its lack of popularity, mathematics is critical for a STEM-capable workforce and vital for current and future productivity. New ...

Many people take a dislike to mathematics from their schooldays onwards, but why is a horror of arithmetic, algebra and geometry so widespread – and can animals really do maths? Here we answer four ...

image: Children of parents with a degree are almost a year of schooling ahead in maths by the age 11 than peers whose parents have just GCSEs, a new study by the University of Sussex has discovered.