A typical 8th grade math textbook includes just a handful of real-world problems for students to solve, finds a new international study. And that’s not enough, according to William Schmidt, ...

Combining physical and virtual manipulatives gives students the ability to concretely model things in the real world.

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State Instructor II Kim Walters is using her Math in Your World class to teach students that math is more than problems in a textbook––it’s a practical tool with everyday ...

One of the joys of being an educator is embracing all the differences every student brings to the classroom, while teaching them to celebrate those unique traits in themselves and each other. Yet, ...

You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an everyday problem, such as calculating a tip at a restaurant or determining the square footage of a room. But what role does math play ...

Warning: This math paper will send you down many winding roads... Did you ever read Choose Your Own Adventure books? The ones that took you through forbidden forests or faraway planets? As a kid, Dr.

A new initiative pieced together by the National Quilt Museum, along with professors at Murray State University, is using the ...

Welcome to the SciFri Book Club page about Is Math Real? by Eugenia Cheng. There’s lots of ways to participate: Read the book, join our community space, attend an event, sign up for our email ...

ADVISED. THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS HURT. WELL, HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. SOME STUDENTS IN PLACER COUNTY ARE GETTING AN EYE OPENING ANSWER TO A QUESTION. SOME OF US MAY HAVE EVEN ASKED WHEN WE WERE KIDS. THAT ...

Toward the end of last school year, I sat on a virtual mathematics panel discussing the resilience of students in the face of COVID-19’s traumatic educational consequences. I began to examine the ...