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 ...

One of the most hotly contested teaching practices concerns a single minute of math class. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift Should teachers pull out their stopwatches and administer one-page ...

New research shows that if you want to be good at math, you have to practice all different kinds of mathematics. New research from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology shows that if you ...

Think Through Math is a web-based program that allows elementary aged students to practice and prepare for the often intense state math tests that they will endure in later years. At this critical age ...

SOLON, Ohio -- Matthew Richards, a seventh- and eighth-grade math teacher at St. Rita’s Catholic school in Solon, Ohio, has “flipped” his math classes. In Richards’ “flipped class," his students visit ...

Earlier this year we reported how Google was testing displaying practice homework problems in the search results. Now this feature is fully live in Google Search and Google has come up with new ...

Hannah Moulton teaches Algebra 1. But before her 9th graders get started on graphing linear functions or solving quadratic equations, she makes sure that they have a much more basic skill down pat.

Sam Mitchell, 17, is a senior at Glenbrook North High School. This summer, he attended the Math Olympiad Program, a competitive math problem solving program where he was one of only 60 students in the ...