Children do better at maths when music is a key part of their lessons, an analysis of almost 50 years of research on the topic has revealed. It is thought that music can make maths more enjoyable, ...

It's a shocking idea. By zapping brains in maths lessons, scientists claim to have boosted students’ abilities by a third. Participants became quicker at calculating and learned up to five times ...

“Music is the universal language of mankind,” wrote American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. And, research has proven his mantra correct. Studies have shown that melodies, rhythm and songcraft ...

For every generation of schoolchildren, it is the subject most likely to leave them scratching their heads in despair and staring blankly at a calculator screen. But analysis of almost 50 years’ worth ...

A lot has changed in maths lessons over the last generation, thank goodness. These days it's almost unthinkable to have a lesson like ones I remember, where the teacher would come into the room, ask ...