A 31-year-old Korean mathematician solved one of the oldest math puzzles and was recognized as one of Scientific American’s ...

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon. This systematic review investigates the implementation of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in K-12 mathematics education, offering a ...

A movement to help students understand rather than memorize has had sprawling effects, including pushback on teaching methods ...

Contextualizing math is the path forward for math instruction across the country--making it relevant help students grasp ...

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You’d be surprised how many young people can’t read this. One of its conclusions tells the sad tale. “Between 2020 and 2025, the number of students whose math skills fall below high school level has ...

UC San Diego is trying to solve a math problem. The university said a growing number of students are starting their freshman year lacking high school math proficiency. KPBS reporter Jacob Aere says ...

When it comes to hard problems, computer scientists seem to be stuck. Consider, for example, the notorious problem of finding the shortest round-trip route that passes through every city on a map ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...

A dad in Texas turned to social media for help after becoming increasingly confused by a third-grade math problem set for his child as homework. Marty posted a screenshot of the problem to Reddit ...

In a recent study, mathematicians from Freie Universität Berlin have demonstrated that planar tiling, or tessellation, is much more than a way to create a pretty pattern. Consisting of a surface ...