In her Commentary on the “anti-knowledge movement” and its impact on mathematics teaching, Jo Boaler uses as a case study what she describes as “a [California] school that had changed the math ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But new research I led found that difficulties with advanced topics often stem from earlier gaps in understanding. Because ...

Picture the following: A student volunteers to answer a math question in an elementary school classroom. The teacher knows from working with the student previously that although she can easily follow ...

Naver's Sunday webtoon ‘How to Be Good at Math’ tells the story of two protagonists who challenge the ‘Millennium Prize Problems,’ the seven major unsolved problems in mathematics presented by the ...

The average American parent’s science and math knowledge taps out around the sixth-grade level, according to new research. When asked to estimate the grade they’d be placed into for both math and ...

When middle school math teachers completed an online professional development program that uses artificial intelligence to improve their math knowledge and teaching skills, their students’ math ...

Andrew Hacker has a bombshell opinion piece in last Sunday’s NY Times, arguing that teaching algebra to all students is a wasted effort. Students are routinely told that math is a gateway subject—you ...

Understanding fractions is a critical mathematical ability, and yet it's one that continues to confound a lot of people well into adulthood. New research finds evidence for an innate ratio processing ...

The back to school season means more opportunities for students to participate in engaging and challenging math competitions. Math competitions are beneficial for students of all ages and levels.

LOWELL — The Citywide Parent Council presents Math Matters, a discussion of Lowell’s Math curriculum, tomorrow at 7 p.m., in the LET Channel 22 TV studio at Lowell High School. Claire Abrams, district ...