Many students in elementary grades struggle to grasp the perennially vexing concept of fractions. If those struggles persist ...

An EdWeek Research Center survey finds that educators see older students' lack of progress in the subject as an acute problem ...

Real talk: For most of us, math elicits negative emotions – I’m talking break-out-in-sweat or washed-over-with-inadequacy-level negative. Too many rules to memorize, too little time to remember them ...

Research shows that playful learning, especially through board games and gamified activities, can significantly improve young children’s math skills. From counting and number recognition to building ...

In “Inflict­ing maths on chil­dren is costly for the eco­nomy” (Letters, December 21), Sandie Hobley argues that functional numeracy be taught in primary schools but that more advanced maths should ...

Did you know that loss in learning was a topic discussed as far back as a century? Experts believe there is a 50-80 percent learning loss on the second day of a lecture compared to the 100 percent ...

WIESBADEN, Germany -- Students at Aukamm Elementary are getting hands-on experience in mathematical concepts that will lay the foundation for their future math learning, thanks to an enterprising ...

With connections to many disciplines, mathematics is vital in understanding science, technology, and society. The Department of Mathematics provides students with essential foundational math knowledge ...

Princeton Professor Andrew Houck’s calculus students had just finished grappling with a set of equations on the forces of tension and gravity when he pulled a large pendulum back to his shoulder and ...