“But I’m not naturally gifted in math,” he adds. Sayef’s mom, Sabrina, says her son first started having trouble with math concepts in the fourth grade, and she wasn’t much help at home.

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But maybe math was the second-most important lesson he brought home from his train ride. "You need help sometimes and you shouldn't want to bite your tongue, to not ask for the help," he said.

Help your child read books that incorporate math, such as "Millions of Cats" by Wanda Gag, or"OnBeyond a Million: An Amazing Math Journey," by David Schwartz. Consult online resources ...

Kids succeed in math if parents think they can Here is the bad news. We didn’t succeed in lowering parents’ math anxiety. Parents were just as anxious about math whether they did Bedtime Math ...

Critics say timed drills aren’t useful and instead provoke math anxiety in many children. The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics urges teachers to “avoid” timed tests. But advocates insist ...

We find that when parents with math anxiety help with homework, it could have a negative impact on their kids. Social factors contribute to math anxiety Math anxiety can start early.

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Math, I think, is one of those subjects that helps prepare you for many different kinds of careers, from programming to business and even to the arts. You never go wrong taking a lot of math, in ...