We know the struggle with mathematics—for both teachers and students—all too well. Students’ math scores, as per the “Nation’s Report Card,” have plunged to record lows. Misconceptions in early grades ...

An expert in teaching math to students despite roadblocks will offer vital tips for parents and educators at the 13th annual ...

You’re returning to school and are excited about earning your college degree. But then you take a look at your required courses and realize that a math course or two stands between you and the diploma ...

Here are four activities that can be used in conjunction with your standard math instruction to encourage a positive math ...

Let’s take a moment to imagine a world in which people not only “get” math... but love math. Where would we be as educators? As individuals? As a workforce? As an economy? As a country? My seventh ...

Over the three years Jordan Ellenberg was writing his book, he repeatedly encountered the same reaction to its subject. “I’d be at a party, and I’d tell someone what my book was about, and then I’d be ...

International tests scores released this month provide further evidence that U.S. students are behind where they should be in math, a problem that has huge implications for their success in school and ...

Erica Zippert has received funding from the Heising-Simons Foundation for her research. Bethany Rittle-Johnson receives funding from the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences, ...

A professor at the University of Texas at Austin and an expert in teaching math to students will offer tips to parents and educators at the 13th annual Helen Piehl Distinguished Lecture for West ...