Maths
- Health
Board games can help boost maths ability in young children: Study
Santiago: Board games based on numbers, like Monopoly, Othello and Chutes and Ladders, make young children better at maths, according to a review of studies. Board games are already known to enhance…
- Offbeat
Video: Big brother tries to teach sister maths; cries in frustration
Mathematics can get really stressful for any kid. Something similar happened to a sibling duo where both break down in frustration – one trying to teach and the other refusing to be…
- India
Karnataka govt’s move to introduce maths, science in madrasas may create row
Bengaluru: The ruling BJP in Karnataka has taken up an exercise to ascertain whether the children studying in madrasas are getting formal education as per the Education Rights Act. This, however, is being…
- Politics
Rahul does not understand maths, finds sum of everything zero: Piyush Goyal
New Delhi: Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi for calling Union Budget “zero-sum”, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said the Congress leader does not understand maths and finds the…
- Lifestyle
Lower math scores in high schools that shifted to 4-day school week: Study
Oregon: A recent study has found that 11th-grade students participating in a four-day school week performed worse on standardised math tests than students who remained on five-day schedules. The study has been…
- Pakistan
Over 90% students in Pakistan weak in maths, science
New Delhi: More than 90 per cent of primary and lower-secondary students in Pakistan have only a weak or basic understanding of the mathematics and science they are required to learn, according…