Elementary teachers can talk with students one-on-one to probe their thinking and learn things that might be missed with ...

Mathbots haven’t done much for K-12 math instruction. Can more sophisticated uses of AI succeed in turning around American ...

Helping students see how what they are learning in school is relevant to their lives, hopes, and dreams enhances motivation. It can also be challenging to teachers who are tasked with covering a lot ...

Teachers report thinking that if girls do better in math than boys, it is probably because of their innate ability and effort. But they also report that when boys do well in math, it is more likely ...

In a post-Covid world, we can no longer assume that a student’s age and mathematical experiences line up in previously expected ways. Indeed, they may not even be close. It’s a tension that’s always ...

Connecting The Dots works to improve how science and mathematics are taught in schools. It emphasises experiential learning, ...

Frances E. Anderson receives funding from the Nebraska Math Omaha Noyce Partnership, authorized under the National Science Foundation (NSF). Funding does not directly support the work of this article ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Many college students struggle with math anxiety or test taking, which can make entry-level math ...

A set of the six sides of a die matches up one-to-one with a set of red shoes, helping illustrate Georg Cantor's set theorem. Image courtesy of GBH/NOVA It can be easy to take math for granted. But ...

Companies like Google, Apple and Intel offer some of California’s most cutting-edge — and highest-paying — jobs. Last year, those three companies alone brought in more than 10,000 people from other ...