A national nonprofit that aims to improve math outcomes for students in pre-K-5 found there are four key elements to ...

We generally associate the origins of mathematical thinking with the emergence of writing, about five to six thousand years ago. However, a new study challenges this assumption looking at floral ...

Provide opportunities for students to engage in data and statistical reasoning using authentic datasets. Use real-life civic and social contexts, such as housing costs, pollution, and school funding, ...

Math teacher Samantha McGlennen wandered around her Summit Middle School classroom, unfazed by the students’ chatter and laughter during a recent lesson about exponential growth. Their behavior – ...

I’ll admit it: I was skeptical of how “creative-thinking” strategies in math would go over with my 4th grade enrichment students. I see these students just once a week in pull-out groups, so every ...

Math, as author and University of Wisconsin professor Jordan Ellenberg writes, may not be the most readily accessible subject in school. When faced with a complex equation a student may ask, “When am ...

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Tune in to CNN Films’ “We Will Rise: Michelle Obama’s Mission to Educate Girls Around the World,” Wednesday, October 12 at 9pm EST. I’m a mom of two and wanted to see if I was saying something to my ...

Answer by Daniel McLaury, Ph.D. Student in Mathematics, on Quora, I'll think about this question in terms of the U.S. population, because that's easiest for me to picture in my head. There are around ...