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Parents in the United States often hear (and stress about) how students in other countries perform better than our children in math and science. With that in mind, many schools and homeschoolers...

For many people, memories of maths lessons at school are anything but pretty. Yet “beautiful” is a word that I and other mathematicians often use to describe our subject. How on earth can maths be...

For many years, I secretly worked on my research. I say “secretly” because, once upon a time, researchers simply published their research in professional journals—and there it stayed. However, my...

New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg explores the scientific research about habitual behaviors and what it reveals about how to change them. This article was adapted from Duhigg’s New York Times...

With the rise of stay at home dads, Einstein babies and hyper competition, being a kid today is radically different than it was a generation ago. As a parent, I have to say that I find the...

Why learning more high school math now could make kids richer later Parents and math teachers regularly asked by their school-aged charges whether math matters in real life may now have an answer...

The board exams are around the corner, followed by the JEE Main. What’s your strategy to optimise your performance in both? Many students must be anxious how to simultaneously balance the Boards...

This is the first post in a three-part series focusing on the Straight-A Gospels — the core concepts behind my book, How to Become a Straight-A Student. Today we focus on Gospel #1: Pseudo-work...

To most people, homework is a stressful, time-consuming annoyance. Not only does it take time to complete, but it severely limits other activities such as going out if you don’t do your work in...

Note-taking is one of those skills that rarely gets taught. Teachers and professors assume either that taking good notes comes naturally or that someone else must have already taught students how...

Preparing for exams? Give yourself the best chance with these top ten study tips. 1. Give yourself enough time to study Don’t leave it until the last minute. While some students do seem to...

It didn’t take long. The teachers—who hadn’t known which students had been assigned to which workshop—could pick out the students who had been taught that intelligence can be developed. They...