Researchers at two universities designed and tested AI classmates, to help real middle schoolers practice math modeling. The ...

We like to think that we're pretty good at math, especially after years of schooling. But every once in a while, a simple third-grade math problem manages to trip us up and make us question our ...

Group work and giving students time to discuss their work helps to build their confidence in using math in science lessons, a new study shows. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...

The algorithms that drive artificial intelligence are rooted in sophisticated mathematical concepts. So, then, it might make sense that the marriage between AI and math instruction in K-12 schools ...

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.

This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Humans have been learning math for thousands of ...

The Goldilocks solution to our math crisis is where relatable problems aren’t so simple that there’s no learning but also not so complex and irrelevant that there's none.

For all of the recent strides we’ve made in the math world—like a supercomputer finally solving the Sum of Three Cubes problem that puzzled mathematicians for 65 years—we’re forever crunching ...

A study by economists shows a wide gap between the kinds of math problems kids who work in retail markets do well and the kinds of problems kids in school do well. In India, many kids who work in ...

Calculus has long been the academic Goliath standing in the path of aspiring engineers, economists, scientists, and even philosophers. For many, it's not the numbers or equations that feel ...