While every college admissions department evaluates applicants a bit differently, standardized test scores are a big piece of ...

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to ...

Math anxiety grows from stress, culture, and experience, not ability. By changing how we teach, test, and talk about math, we ...

Math teacher Emma Chiappetta uses a three-round exercise to help students not only recognize their errors, but also generate ...

A version of this article appeared in the October 2006 issue of Harvard Business Review. Harvard Business Publishing: Copyright ©2026 Harvard Business School ...