Looks like Tiger Mom had it half-right: Motivation to work hard and good study techniques, not IQ, lead to better math skills, a new study shows. But there's a catch: The findings, published this ...

Why do some students become ever better at mathematics, while others plateau? Many people may think that mathematics is ...

One of the responsibilities of this blog is to troll for interesting or useful research articles about student motivation. This morning, I found one while trolling on the American Educational Research ...

Students from families with little interest in math benefit more from a school intervention program that aims at increasing math motivation than do students whose parents regard math as important. A ...

Why do some students keep getting better at math while others seem to hit a wall early on? Many people think that doing well ...

New York : Motivation to work hard and good study techniques, not IQ, leads to better maths skills, a new study has found. According to researchers, keeping children’s heads in the math books by force ...

You don’t have to be born with math skills; solving problems is a matter of studying and motivation. That may not seem like such a surprise, but it’s become easy to say ‘I just can’t do math.’ While ...