Specific birthdate ranges apply for Form 1 and Form 4 applicants. Priority is given to applicants from low-income families. This structured eligibility ensures that only deserving candidates are ...

Burleigh: Are students being equipped with a genuine understanding of math concepts or merely trained to follow steps?

Most people in the math education space agree that students need to be fluent with basic math facts. By the time kids are in ...

Some math problems are designed in ways that reward simplicity rather than analytical depth. Research shows that highly intelligent individuals are more likely to overthink these problems, leading to ...

You’d be surprised how many young people can’t read this. One of its conclusions tells the sad tale. “Between 2020 and 2025, the number of students whose math skills fall below high school level has ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to ...

UC San Diego is trying to solve a math problem. The university said a growing number of students are starting their freshman year lacking high school math proficiency. KPBS reporter Jacob Aere says ...

When it comes to hard problems, computer scientists seem to be stuck. Consider, for example, the notorious problem of finding the shortest round-trip route that passes through every city on a map ...

A dad in Texas turned to social media for help after becoming increasingly confused by a third-grade math problem set for his child as homework. Marty posted a screenshot of the problem to Reddit ...

The boy picks up “new concepts at lightning speed and [retains] them effortlessly,” according to his parents Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has ...