Four simple strategies—beginning with an image, previewing vocabulary, omitting the numbers, and offering number sets—can have a big impact on learning.
For all of the recent strides we’ve made in the math world—like a supercomputer finally solving the Sum of Three Cubes problem that puzzled mathematicians for 65 years—we’re forever crunching ...
These student-constructed problems foster collaboration, communication, and a sense of ownership over learning.
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.
A controversial new movement promoting the "science of math" has come into the math establishment's crosshairs.
Math anxiety is a significant challenge for students worldwide. While personalized support is widely recognized as the most ...
Staring at a page of derivatives or integrals can feel like trying to read a foreign language. Your professor moves fast, the ...
The word “algorithm” can sometimes seem like a word designed to scare people away from math classes, much like the words “calculus”, “Fourier transform”, or “engineering exam”. But in reality it’s ...
Segue Institute for Learning teacher Cassandra Santiago introduces a lesson on word problems to her first graders one spring afternoon. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...
Adding one irrelevant sentence to math problems causes AI systems to make confident mistakes over 300 percent more.
The San Francisco Unified School District announced that it is rolling out a new math curriculum for grades K-8 this school year. According to a statement from the district, the newly adopted ...