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With a goal of helping students visualize number concepts like fractions and angles, teachers at Saltillo Elementary School and the Junior Auxiliary of Tupelo have partnered to create what they have ...
It’s always fun to test our knowledge with questions from our school days. Sure, we’ve grown up and learned a lot since then, ...
A study involving over 500 students found that kids who participated in a six-week Lego-based program made measurable gains ...
A 72 percent reduction in federal funding is devastating to math research. The American Mathematical Society is offering $1 million in backstop grants—but it’s likely not enough ...
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PHOTO: Simple math and MU Extension ag business forage budgets can help you calculate production costs of making your own hay. Photo courtesy of Rachel Hopkins.
The cognitive flexibility that comes from being multilingual can give students a boost in math—if teachers know how to build on English learners’ strengths. Seventy-seven percent of 8th-grade ...
President Trump has labeled an introductory calculus course at Harvard "remedial mathematics," calling the university’s academic rigor and admissions policies into question.
Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) said he is not a “great mathematician,” but he might be in this case. Education Secretary Linda McMahon took questions from members of the Senate Appropriations ...
A nearly year-old Facebook event for a "simple maths competition" has been one of the most viral posts on the platform for six months.
President Donald Trump defended his administration's move to ban foreign students from Harvard University, claiming "a lot of them" can't do basic math.