When students begin to see themselves as math thinkers, they engage actively, explore creatively, and feel more motivated.

A controversial new movement promoting the "science of math" has come into the math establishment's crosshairs.

Take the pressure off of problem-solving with engaging thinking games that encourage students to work together to find ...

They found that students assigned to teachers who used more mathematical vocabulary in their lessons made greater progress ...

Images of plants painted on pottery made up to 8,000 years ago may be the earliest example of humans’ mathematical thought, a study has found.

Senior partner says its new report, ‘How We Solve America’s Math Crisis’, shows that best practices are familiar, but rarely ...

Ashley Sanchez told Newsweek she was baffled by her son’s homework assignment, but she spotted one word that changed ...

For centuries, the Pythagorean Theorem has occupied a unique position in mathematics: both elementary and profound. Its ...

Math anxiety grows from stress, culture, and experience, not ability. By changing how we teach, test, and talk about math, we ...

An implementation of a symbolic toolbox using SymPy. The dependencies are Octave, Python, and SymPy. Consult the SymPy website for details on how to install SymPy. Start Octave. At Octave prompt type ...

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