Erica Orthmann: "Gender stereotyping -- namely, the notion that math is for boys -- starts as early as second grade."(woodleywonderworks/flickr) I grew up on the cusp between Generations X and Y, at a ...

New research finds that a natural aptitude for learning languages is a stronger predictor of learning to program than basic math knowledge. Want to learn to code? Put down the math book. Practice ...

Turns out that the most important aptitude for coders is not math or engineering but . . . the ability to learn languages. The study was small, following three dozen adults as they learned Python, ...