They found that students assigned to teachers who used more mathematical vocabulary in their lessons made greater progress ...

NYC Solves has faced criticism from educators for assuming kids have mastered skills, leaving some lost and frustrated.

Dr Reyaz Ahmad                  Math fluency is no longer just about speed in mental calculations or rote memorisation of ...

Turn and talk with sentence stems: Give sentence starters at multiple levels: “Multiplication is…” for some students, and ...

Artificial intelligence systems can write software and reason through complex problems. Yet even basic arithmetic can expose surprising weaknesses. A new study digs into why modern AI models stumble ...

An elementary math problem has divided the internet after an easy-looking equation turned out to be anything but simple. Many X users were stumped by the problem 16 ÷ 4 X 4 - 4, posted by ...

A math puzzle that looks deceptively simple is leaving many people online scratching their heads. Shared on X this week by user @BholanathDutta, the brainteaser sparked heated debate over the correct ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Math teachers have to accommodate high school students' different approaches to problem-solving. RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to ...

There weren’t calculators or computers in medieval Europe. But there were math duels. Mathematicians would gather in public squares and pose tricky math problems to each other. Then they raced to ...

Mike Kenny didn’t intend to create an educational web app — he was just looking for a way to help students master their multiplication tables. In 2013, as a graduate student in the Vermont Mathematics ...