A new study finds that increasing enrollment in advanced math classes before high school hasn't led to higher math performance for states on the national assessment in the subject.

New research on a Chicago policy that requires some 9th graders to double up on algebra instruction identifies longer-run benefits for participants.

As for the majority of struggling math students, Fong said this study doesn’t definitively conclude whether students should or shouldn’t take algebra again.

Learning about all those x’s, y’s and quadratic equations too early in life may do more harm than good for some students, a new University of California, Davis, study says. The study will be presented ...

Are you smarter than a 5-year-old? Preschoolers can do algebra, Johns Hopkins study shows Psychologists say kids rely on their innate number sense to solve for x ...

At the state’s prodding, the proportion of students taking Algebra in eighth grade increased 60 percent over the past decade – a significant achievement. But there has not been a parallel success in ...

Lulu Healy, Celia Hoyles, A Study of Proof Conceptions in Algebra, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Jul., 2000), pp. 396-428 ...

Students quickly forget what they learn in a traditional algebra class, but linking algebra to real-world problems helps them retain the information, a new study shows.

At seven, pupils should know their tables up to 10 and be introduced to basic algebra, argues a study.