While educators and policymakers debate whether 8th graders can be readied to learn algebra, Sigrid B. Frawley sits in front of her kindergartners with a magic bag. She puts three tokens in the bag ...

[Hugo Hadfield] wrote to let us know about an intriguing series of talks that took place in February of this year at GAME2020, on the many applications of geometric algebra. The video playlist of ...

Blog updated to include additional partners in the project. When it comes to algebra, new research suggests you can’t start too early. Algebra is considered the keystone of students’ understanding of ...

Next month, a panel of University of California professors in the sciences and math will give their recommendations on the contentious issue of how much math high school students should know before ...

Algebra is a branch of mathematics dealing with symbols and the rules for manipulating those symbols. In elementary algebra, those symbols (today written as Latin and Greek letters) represent ...

Introduction: The information presented here is intended to describe the course goals for current and prospective students as well as others who are interested in our courses. It is not intended to ...

THE history of the theory of algebraic forms gives a striking example of the fact that the germ of a mathematical doctrine may remain dormant for a long period, and then suddenly develop in a most ...

All right, kids! Raise your hand if you like algebra! Hmmm. Now, raise your hands if you like Angry Birds! I see. What if I were to tell you that Angry Birds had been surpassed in the App Store — by a ...

The article was updated March 5 to include the letter from high-tech executives supporting the Algebra II requirement. It also clarifies that AP Statistics is for students who have completed Algebra ...

Al Khwarizmi’s contributions to mathematics and astronomy haven’t gone unnoticed. A crater on the Moon is named after him Although Babylonians invented algebra and Greek and Hindu mathematicians ...