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 ...

It is just as natural for young children to think mathematically about their world as it is for them to use language. They develop mathematical knowledge as they manipulate objects and reason about ...

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 ...

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.

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 traditional ways of teaching math have not been working, according to the San Diego Unified School District. Years ago, the district surveyed students and found that many of them couldn’t explain ...