A movement to help students understand rather than memorize has had sprawling effects, including pushback on teaching methods like timed tests.

Little girls may learn to fear math from the women who are their earliest teachers. Despite gains in recent years, women still trail men in some areas of math achievement, and the question of why has ...

Editor's Note: To honor math and all who use it, UDaily is re-posting a Pi Day story from 2018. March 14 is Pi Day. You’re welcome to eat pie, too, but the day is more of a celebration of math. A ...

Educational Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 84, No. 2, Special Issue: Alternative perspectives on learning mathematics in the early years (October 2013), pp. 183-199 (17 pages) First results of the ...

Working on Indigenous mathematics foundations for over 40 years, Doolittle says one tool he uses when thinking of Indigenizing mathematics is the medicine wheel: the mental, physical, emotional and ...

Explore the roots of math anxiety in students and discover strategies to foster confidence and understanding in mathematics.

Though there are plenty of popular books explaining the wonders of math and physics, new ones continue to appear. To avoid recycling the same ideas and examples, metaphors and stories, authors are ...

A viral video that has put the spotlight on mathematics' role in society is drawing plenty of attention, even though many viewers are unclear of its actual message. The TikTok video posted by user ...

Want to learn more? Sign up for a free five-week email mini-course full of research-backed strategies to help students make sense of math. The National Assessment for Educational Progress announced ...

Math teachers who believe women no longer face discrimination tend to be biased against girls’ ability in math. This is what we found through an experiment we conducted with over 400 elementary and ...