Take the pressure off of problem-solving with engaging thinking games that encourage students to work together to find ...

Nine in ten educators believe that using a problem-solving approach to teaching math and science can be motivating for students, according to an EdWeek Research Center survey. But that doesn’t mean it ...

These four classroom shifts can make academic risk-taking feel safer, clearer, and more worthwhile for middle school students ...

Watch as Steve Butler teaches his students the mathematics of juggling. Video by Alex Murphy AMES, Iowa – Steve Butler casually tosses a ball from his left hand to his right to demonstrate his point ...

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

A controversial new movement promoting the "science of math" has come into the math establishment's crosshairs.

An 11-year-old Ridgeview student’s idea became a math club that placed in the top 10% nationally in its first year of ...

Math is a problem — one that a relentless onslaught of testing has not solved. Some assume kids are the ones failing, but it’s time to acknowledge that it’s our tests and the curriculum they determine ...

What if the next new mathematical discovery didn’t come from a human mind, but from an AI? Imagine a machine not just crunching numbers but proposing original solutions to problems that have baffled ...

Many states have laws aimed at improving literacy, but few are putting the same weight behind targeting math instruction. A recent study by NWEA found that middle and elementary school students’ math ...