Math is hard! That’s what teachers and parents hear a lot from kids, but while it definitely can be challenging for some students, researchers at Johns Hopkins have developed a new computer game that ...

There is nothing like reading correspondence between two geniuses to appreciate all the ways in which a person can be right—which is to say, can be brilliant—and still feel stymied. In lauding his ...

I heard one of my favorite phrases the other day in class. Two young women raised their hands during a partner task and blurted in frustration (and in unison): “This answer just doesn’t make any sense ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American From her earliest memories, Catherine Good ...

David Ginsburg, of Education Week Teacher‘s Coach G’s Teaching Tips blog, has a good explanation about what it means to “make sense of problems"—one of the eight Standards for Mathematical Practice.

Usama has a passion for video games and a talent for capturing their magic in writing. He brings games to life with his words, and he's been fascinated by games for as long as he's had a joystick in ...

In discussions of progressive and constructivist teaching practices, math is often the odd subject out. Teachers and schools that are capable of creating real-world, contextualized, project-based ...

As we look ahead and begin to redefine math education, one thing is abundantly clear: AI won’t fix bad pedagogy.

DURHAM, N.C. -- Babies who are good at telling the difference between large and small groups of items even before learning how to count are more likely to do better with numbers in the future, ...

In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg argues that math is not a foreign language but a way of idiot-proofing our native tongue. SHARE There is nothing like reading correspondence between two ...

A new study suggests that the strength of an infant's innate sense of numerical quantities can be predictive of that child's mathematical abilities three years later. Babies who are good at telling ...