Four simple strategies—beginning with an image, previewing vocabulary, omitting the numbers, and offering number sets—can have a big impact on learning.
Students often struggle to connect math with the real world. Word problems—a combination of words, numbers, and mathematical operations—can be a perfect vehicle to take abstract numbers off the page.
With AI’s ability to solve complex math problems in a matter of seconds, it may feel to teachers like the technology is rapidly changing—or will soon—how math is taught. When free and widely available ...
One of my first vivid memories of math is of timed tests. I still remember how visceral my panic felt–sweaty palms, heart pounding–as I scrambled to recall facts before the clock ran out. You might ...
The idea of being “bad at math” or “not a math person” is deeply entrenched in American education — for students and teachers alike. But it doesn’t have to be, says Phonisha Hawkins, director of ...
Professor Curtis T. McMullen received the 1998 Fields Medal, deemed the most prestigious award in mathematics, for his work on complex dynamics. McMullen is also the creator of the Illustrating ...
We’re seeing some new developments in AI models that are shedding light on one of the technology’s most prominent gaps – its relative inability to do math well. Some experts note that AI is ...