They found that students assigned to teachers who used more mathematical vocabulary in their lessons made greater progress ...

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to ...

Math anxiety grows from stress, culture, and experience, not ability. By changing how we teach, test, and talk about math, we ...

“I was curious to establish a baseline for when LLMs are effectively able to solve open math problems compared to where they ...

Discover how to tackle a surprising math problem from start to finish with a clear, logical approach that makes even tricky questions feel manageable. This guide walks you through understanding the ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. Math is the sum of its parts, and it adds on itself. What does that mean? It means that ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to ...

Schools are starting to switch from learning math through memorization to learning it by problem-solving, focusing on understanding concepts. Ashwaubenon added class time to math and ELA in middle ...

Hannah Cairo is in the first year of her mathematics graduate program at the University of Maryland. Like her peers, she does research and is a TA on campus. But unlike most Ph.D. students, Cairo is ...

At Izetta Sparks Elementary, mornings are for math. "Mrs. Newcomb went to the candy store and bought 43 bags of sour gummy worms..." said Alyssa Newcomb while standing at the smart board, introducing ...

A University of California San Diego report warns that roughly one in eight incoming college students can’t meet middle school math standards. It found that the number of students needing to take ...