A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...
In “The Great Math War,” Jason Socrates Bardi takes on a battle for the soul of numbers that divided the experts of its day.
Helping students to develop math fluency takes more than just flash cards. It requires teaching them how to think about numbers. And while that may seem daunting, most kids enjoy sharpening their math ...
In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation ...
The 74 reports on Goblins, an AI math tutoring app that creates teacher avatars to assist students with real-time questions.
Examining mistakes gives students a chance to discuss misconceptions openly and find new approaches to solving problems.
In recent times, the Federal Ministry of Education has been coming up with some rather bold reforms for education in Nigeria.The latest is that Nigerian senior secondary school students in arts and ...
The name of this fall’s most obnoxious classmate: Six Seven. Math teacher Cara Bearden braces herself for any equation that yields the two numbers, knowing her students will immediately scream them ...
Foundational learning, the ability to read, write, and do basic math, is the bedrock of every child's education. This is not ...
In recent years, states have embraced literacy reform and experienced real gains. It’s time to bring that same urgency and practicality to math with numeracy ...
‘Six seven’ sends teens into a frenzy that schools have been powerless to stop. ‘It’s like throwing catnip at cats.’ Math teacher Cara Bearden braces herself for any equation that yields the two ...
It didn’t prepare me academically, but it did make me resourceful. When you grow up having to make things work with nothing, ...