A randomized controlled trial in a Turkish high school found that students using unrestricted generative AI for math practice scored significantly higher during assisted sessions but performed worse ...

Students with special needs are often missing out on critical areas of math instruction—especially data processing, statistics and probability—raising concerns about their readiness for real-world ...

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Before the school year ends, we are highlighting local teachers going above and beyond for their students. Meet this year's ...

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From fractions and decimals to distance and time, the humble-but-versatile number line can deepen students’ understanding of ...

Teachers can use these questions to draw students out and get worthwhile formative assessment responses to guide instruction.

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. In 1997, Deep Blue, a supercomputer built by IBM, did the unexpected: it defeated chess ...

Some readers may solve the problem procedurally: line up the two numbers, add the ones column, carry the one, and add the tens to get 43. Others might instead notice a creative shortcut: 29 + 14 is ...

DeltaMath is this cool math tool that’s been making waves in classrooms worldwide since 2009. It all started with Zach Korzyk, a math teacher who probably got tired of grading endless stacks of ...

Most people in the math education space agree that students need to be fluent with basic math facts. By the time kids are in upper elementary grades, they should be able to produce the answer to 6x3 ...

UC San Diego is trying to solve a math problem. The university said a growing number of students are starting their freshman year lacking high school math proficiency. KPBS reporter Jacob Aere says ...