Having a positive mindset in math may do more than just help students feel more confident about their skills and more willing to keep trying when they fail; it may prime their brains to think better.

Catherine Good has experienced stereotype threat herself, although she didn’t know it at the time. She started her academic career in pure math, expecting to get a Ph.D. But somewhere along the way ...

"I'm not good at math." It was an honest, offhand admission from CBC's Jeremy Eaton as he hosted Here and Now last week. And though Eaton did wind up writing a math placement test in Memorial ...