Rochy Flint has been a mathematics educator for more than 20 years and is the founder of MathChavrusa, a collaborative ...

Many students complain and question math learning in school because they feel it isn’t necessary for their future lives. However, many students don’t realize that math is used and applied everywhere.

When you’re solving a challenging math problem, you know your brain is working hard. But what, exactly, is going on in there? Despite decades of research into math teaching and learning, there is ...

What's the best way for children to learn arithmetic—memorizing number values and multiplication tables, or studying math at a deeper, conceptual level? Educators have long debated the merits of these ...

During the first two years of primary education children can learn to do arithmetic faster and better with the help of a more systematically structured educational programme. For older children, ...

Nicole M. McNeil (Photo by Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame) University of Notre Dame Professor of Psychology Nicole McNeil recently co-authored a report that examines the best way for children ...

This summer, Sarah Cone wrote a provocative essay asking why today’s billionaire philanthropists don’t build institutions the way their predecessors did. As examples, Cone cited Andrew Carnegie ...

We know the struggle with mathematics—for both teachers and students—all too well. Students’ math scores, as per the “Nation’s Report Card,” have plunged to record lows. Misconceptions in early grades ...

Usama has a passion for video games and a talent for capturing their magic in writing. He brings games to life with his words, and he's been fascinated by games for as long as he's had a joystick in ...

A wildebeest knows when it is outnumbered by a pack of hungry hyenas, thanks to an imprecise, primal brain function called the Approximate Number System, or ANS. Animals have it and human babies are ...