Two programs for teaching mathematics in the early grades—Math Expressions and Saxon Math—emerge as winners in early findings released last week from a large-scale federal experiment that pits four ...

Commit to Study is a peer mentoring program dedicated to helping students taking classes in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics to improve their study skills. Commit to Study offers one-on ...

When you’re solving a challenging math problem, you know your brain is working hard. But what, exactly, is going on in there? Despite decades of research into math teaching and learning, there is ...

The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress just painted a dismal picture of math performance in America’s schools, continuing to show more than a decade of stagnation.

Do you remember what it was like to learn math? How challenging it was to find solutions to problems that you didn’t understand? The dread of wrong answers? Before joining the University of Delaware’s ...

For 23 years, I’ve taught high school math. And for 23 years, I’ve been told by people that they either are a “math person” or they are not. I get it: Math isn’t easy. Movies and TV shows make it look ...

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. Math anxiety doesn’t just make students choke on tests. It ...

Finals were over and summer vacation has started. An app that ranked as top 1 on the US educational app ranking chart, has caught the eyes of many students during the final season. The e-learning app ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook When he was a high school student in Midland, LSA senior Charles Crissman hated math. But if his ...

It sometimes seems like there is a pre-medical student everywhere you turn at UAB. Pre-meds are one of the most motivated (and sleep-deprived) groups of students on campus. The pre-med curriculum ...

Editor's note: This story, written by David Bornstein at The New York Times in New York City, New York, is part of the SoJo Exchange from the Solutions Journalism Network, a nonprofit organization ...

Why don’t more girls grow up to become scientists and engineers? It’s not that they’re bad at math, a new study argues. It’s that they’re even better at reading. This comparative advantage in reading ...