In the past, maths teaching has focussed on procedures and right answers. Today, teachers want students to form connections between concepts and solve problems.

There are worrying signs students are not receiving the maths education they need. Aaron Lefler/ Unsplash, CC BY What do we do about this? There have been repeated efforts to address teacher ...

At issue was an algorithm called Q* (pronounced “Q-star”), which has allegedly been shown to solve certain grade-school-level math problems that it hasn’t seen before.