Computer scientist Zoran Popović is teaching algebra to children with an adaptive— and addictive—new videogame. Mike Clinard. GlueKit You have an armadillo, a black-and-white trout, and a rainbow ...

A software engineer at Trip Advisor, Bill Stitson finds himself every Tuesday at the McCormack Middle School in Dorchester helping sixth-graders learn algebra by making video games. No, it’s not a ...

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A Sioux Falls high school has its own Shark Tank. Well, close enough anyway. Lindsey Keiper's class of freshman at New Technology High School are learning algebra in a new way. Would you be interested ...

If you're not a numbers person, sometimes even if you are, high school math, can be mind-numbing. "These are all quadratic equations and quadratic equations, they don't really make sense to anyone," ...

Within the last few years, it has become increasingly popular for educators, social scientists, and even politicians to question the necessity of an education in mathematics. In his popular 2016 book, ...

Seventh grade students learning algebra equations in teacher Terry Daniels’ class at Waterford Junior High School in Waterford, CA on Jan. 22, 2020. ChrisAnna Mink cmink@modbee.com The California ...

I READ with interest the April 17 “My Word” column. It seems that the writer does not approve of the recent requirement that high-school graduates should learn something about algebra to graduate from ...

Imagine a world in which it is possible for an elite group of hackers to install a “backdoor” not on a personal computer but on the entire U.S. economy. Imagine that they can use it to cryptically ...