After a year of distance learning, the range of skill levels in math class is very wide, with some students still learning concepts from several grades behind. That means teachers have to get creative ...
Moses founded Math Talk, a company that produces activities, public art and products to help people learn the subject, after ...
One of the challenges to getting students engaged in math is the perception that it’s a subject where you sit at a desk and do 30 math problems alone. There are a number of ways to make math more ...
Many people are upset about mathematics these days. Nearly 50 percent of Washington’s 10th-graders didn’t meet the state’s mathematics standards. Parents are protesting “standards-based” teaching ...
There’s been a steady push to encourage students to take more math, and tougher math, in high school. Business leaders, advocacy organizations, and state and local policymakers provided a lot of the ...
Sixty percent of parents responding to a recent survey strongly agreed that their child would be more likely to succeed in math if their classes are relevant and engaging. But responding to that ...
Those changes will be contested, in math as in other academic disciplines wrestling with AI’s impact. As AI models become a ...
AMES, Iowa – It happens all the time. Just mentioning the word math sparks an automatic response that is rarely positive. “Whenever I tell people I’m a mathematician they always say, ‘Oh, I hate math, ...
Flashback: Your palms grow sweaty and a million butterflies flutter in your stomach. After all, it’s the morning of the mathematics exam... no amount of studying seems to calm your anxious mind. Well, ...