“Because we do so much multi-step problem solving, and we’re doing two-step word problems, if they’re spending 10-15 minutes trying to figure out what 9x7 is, they’re doing a lot of extra work, or ...

As her 7th graders wrapped up the school year this past spring, Louisiana math teacher Lerinda Baham was finishing a class of her own—a 50-hour teacher training in middle school math. With the ...

On a breezy July morning in South Seattle, a dozen elementary-aged students ran math relays behind Dearborn Park International School. One by one, they raced to a table where a tutor watched them ...

To understand why classrooms look so different today, it helps to trace how teaching methods have evolved. From the rise of “new math” to the renewed focus on phonics, the story of modern education is ...

It sometimes seems like there is a pre-medical student everywhere you turn at UAB. Pre-meds are one of the most motivated (and sleep-deprived) groups of students on campus. The pre-med curriculum ...

When I became a student success coach at Northwood University, I did something unusual: I enrolled in a developmental mathematics class. Going to class, taking notes, studying, quizzes, exams—I did it ...

Ever stared at a math problem feeling completely lost, even when you've memorised all the formulas? Or maybe you've wondered why certain math rules even exist? The true secret weapon that unlocks ...

A documentary filmmaker and a mathematician discuss our fear of numbers and its civic costs. By Siobhan Roberts “Math is power” is the tag line of a new documentary, “Counted Out,” currently making ...

There's a curious contradiction at the heart of today's most capable AI models that purport to "reason": They can solve routine math problems with accuracy, yet when faced with formulating deeper ...