Math isn’t just about answers—the process matters, too. These strategies spotlight reasoning and reveal student thinking.
Statistics and geometry can seem disconnected from other areas of math, experts say, and teachers often get less preservice training in how to convey these concepts in the classroom. As a result, ...
Primary school children in Year 6 are taking their SATs this week but how would you fare with the kind of questions young pupils are being challenged with? Over the years, there have been calls to ...
AI-simulated students consistently outperform real students—and make different kinds of mistakes—in math and reading ...
Like many instructors, I’ve long used frequent low-stakes quizzing in my courses. Each week, my students answer between three and five questions on each of the assigned readings. Given they have ...
Question of the Day: A well-planned morning assembly sets a positive tone for the entire school day, and one of its most impactful components is the “Question of the Day.” This engaging segment not ...
Every mathematician has a story that goes something like this. You’re at a party, and someone asks what you do for a living. “I’m a mathematician,” you say. “You must be a genius!” they reply. Or ...
Mr. Wilkinson is the author of “A Divine Language: Learning Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus at the Edge of Old Age.” I am surprised at this late stage, in my 70s, to be thinking about God. In my ...
When Redditor u/Awecalibur reviewed his niece’s math homework, he wasn’t expecting to spark a family debate, let alone an internet one. But the fifth-grade math problem in question was anything but ...