Mathematician and Co-founder and Executive Director of Stanford University's H-STAR Institute Dr. Keith Devlin spoke about math, the symbol barrier and the development of understanding math through ...

Math is viewed by parents as perhaps the most critical subject that children study and a key to their success, according to a newly released poll, as The 74 reported. But educators need to make their ...

How can teachers help all students become successful in mathematics? It is a deceptively complicated question—one that invites different ideas in the field about how best to prepare students for ...

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Imagine you’re a character in a math problem. You have three platters, but two cakes. All three platters need to have the same amount of cake. How would you split it? Without even saying the word ...

This is another story in KPCC's ongoing series, Classroom Core, that takes a close look at how the Common Core teaching standards are playing out in schools in Southern California. Four years into ...

When I was a new teacher, I wanted my students to see math not just as numbers and equations but as a tool to understand the world around them. My goal wasn’t for them to simply memorize formulas to ...

When early elementary math teachers ask students to explain their problem-solving strategies and then tailor instruction to address specific gaps in their understanding, students learn significantly ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Two Portland area math professors at Portland Community College Rock Creek Campus are the minds behind a new approach in teaching, called “flipped plus.” It is an enhanced ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Each month, Dayton Daily News reporter Eileen McClory highlights local ideas that improve outcomes for students and teachers in the Dayton area. Last year, the proficiency rate in ...