Students in Singapore come top in international math and science tests (Photo by: Majority World/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) East Asia has cemented its position as a global education ...

What is that high-performing Asian nations get right, when it comes to math teaching? A pair of researchers have explored that question in a new study, which examines the standards of Singapore, Hong ...

Except for one blip among eighth-graders, U.S. students held steady in math and science but still lag significantly behind the top tier of East Asian countries, according to international test scores ...

A new study examines the academic standards for mathematics in high-performing Hong Kong, Singapore, and South Korea and creates a “composite” of their approaches along with suggested lessons the ...

Students from Asian countries were top performers in math and science at both the fourth and eighth grade levels, according to TIMSS 2007, the world's largest assessment of student math and science ...

WASHINGTON – In a globally competitive world, American students have strides to make when it comes to math and science, where they lag behind a solid block of East Asian countries as well as Russia ...

Compared to math teachers in the high-achieving nations of Hong Kong and Japan, teachers in the United States offer less of certain supports that could help students learn more. This could contribute ...

American students have made little progress in catching up to children in east Asian countries in math and science achievement, results of a leading international study released Tuesday reveal. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Disparities in advanced math and science skills among different racial backgrounds emerge early on in a student’s development, a ...

Math can be fun, but try telling that to a small child stuck behind a desk doing endless drills and worksheets. Founded by a former game developer, startup LocoMotive Labs’ mission is to make learning ...