A controversial new movement promoting the "science of math" has come into the math establishment's crosshairs.

Take the pressure off of problem-solving with engaging thinking games that encourage students to work together to find ...

Even though Drew Petzing didn't have much success in Arizona, he's from the nerdy Ben Johnson mold, which is a smart copycat ...

Professional mathematicians have been stunned by the progress amateurs have made in solving long-standing problems with the ...

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to ...

Math teacher Emma Chiappetta uses a three-round exercise to help students not only recognize their errors, but also generate ...

In sum: Test scores have been trending down for over a decade. There are some signs of recovery in math, but not many in ...

As the regular application deadlines approach this month, getting into college is top of mind for many high school seniors. But students assume that if a college admits them, it means the school has ...

Latrenda Knighten has always liked math. As a child, she remembers breezing through timed tests ‒ high speed, low stakes assignments that challenge students to complete a number of simple problems in ...

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President Trump made dozens of promises when he campaigned to retake the White House last year, from boosting economic growth to banning transgender athletes from girls’ sports. But one pledge stood ...

One Polk Central Elementary student summed up Polk County Schools’ first math festival with a revelation: they didn’t know math could be fun. The math festival, held November 25 at Polk Central ...