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Advocates say reforms in math teaching are pushing out statistics and geometry and driving a drop in students' math scores.
Inspired by a biannual math conference he has attended in Atlanta, Ga., Henle said he wanted to bring the spirit of people doing “cool math stuff” to Smith. Central campus certainly felt like a field ...
A new study finds traditional math instruction – what many folks call "drill and kill" – is more effective in helping young children struggling in math than group work, peer tutoring or hands ...
This 1993 documentary on mathematician Paul Erdős is dry and a bit heart-breaking, but has more straight math-stuff than anything else on our list — including a deep dive into imaginary numbers.