Two effective manipulatives that can be used to support fractions and base 10 learning are base 10 blocks and Cuisenaire rods. Base 10 blocks work for all basic operations of addition, subtraction, ...

Remember the days when working a math problem resulted in a right or wrong answer, and parents had a basic grasp of how to help their children with math homework? Those days predated the Common Core ...

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

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

About 10 years ago, Alan Garfinkel, a professor in the life sciences department at the University of California, Los Angeles, got a call. It was from his dean, who said that the department had ...

Want to help your fifth-grader master math? Here are some of the skills your fifth-grader will be learning in the classroom. Explain or illustrate how you solved this problem. Tip: Highlight ...

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

When Swami Vivekananda returned from his US trip in 1897, he was given a tumultuous welcome in this city. After all, the citizens of Madras had been at the forefront of organizing his overseas tour.

The premise of Marcus du Sautoy’s Blueprints: How Mathematics Shapes Creativity is that mathematics and creativitiy spring from the same well — structure. Individual numbers exist without human help.

Any reader who had difficulty comprehending a recent letter captioned “New math requires actual comprehension,” is not alone. The writer, Ben Lanier-Nabor, devotes several hundred words to illustrate ...