Over the course of your life, how many times have you heard someone declare they’re “not a math person”? Probably too many to count (no pun intended). Whenever I hear someone say this, I immediately ...
The ultimate motivator for kids to do their best in math isn't the promise of rewards or desire to make a parent proud, recent research reveals. For 55% of kids, it's proving to themselves that "they ...
The article was updated on Oct. 2 with additional graphics. Scores on the state’s standardized tests rose slightly overall in 2018, increasing in all grades but 11th, the only high school grade to ...
The newest batch of ACT scores shows troubling long-term declines in performance, with students’ math achievement reaching a 20-year low, according to results released Wednesday. The average math ...
With school recently starting across many parts of the nation, it's time to think about how you plan to help your child -- or the other kids in your life -- succeed in math this year. But what about ...
Editor’s Note: Global Math Week begins October 10 and contains events such as a kickoff symposium with short talks by women and men from all over the world describing their own joyous experiences with ...
Sharpen your pencils---and get your erasers ready, too. Big changes in middle and high school math are in store for Alabama students. A new math course of study, where the controversial Common Core ...
Young math buffs from Moorsbridge Elementary School got to test their problem-solving skills during the 2018 WMU Math Challenge, held in April at the school. Students in grades 2-5 gathered to test ...
Students and faculty in the financial actuarial mathematics major have expressed anger and confusion over the Department of Mathematics’ decision to not rehire any of the eight lecturers in the ...
March 14, 2018, is Pi Day — that’s pi, not pie — and on Wednesday, Google marks the 30th anniversary of the math-inspired holiday with a special Doodle. Pi, denoted by the Greek letter “π”, has been ...