Teachers can use these tools to promote discussions and help students move from concrete to abstract understanding of concepts.

A mathematical trick speeds up seismic calculations for earthquake simulations and could revolutionize earthquake preparedness.

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In this video, we explain vectors and derivatives as essential math methods used in physics, showing how they describe motion, direction, and change. Clear explanations and examples help connect ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - Seventy-three percent of Pima County eighth graders aren’t proficient in math, prompting teachers to find new strategies to help students succeed. The University of Arizona’s ...

Numberphile revived an ancient multiplication trick—halves and doubles—also called Egyptian or Russian math, where you repeatedly halve one number and double the other. After crossing out rows with ...

UCSD has seen a dramatic increase in freshmen needing remedial math, rising from 1 in 100 to 1 in 8, attributed to pandemic disruptions, poor teaching methods, and a focus on DEI over academic ...

Abstract: Math.js is a JavaScript library that brings advanced mathematics to the web browser and server. The case study in this article demonstrates its flexibility by extending the library using ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to ...

When it comes to hard problems, computer scientists seem to be stuck. Consider, for example, the notorious problem of finding the shortest round-trip route that passes through every city on a map ...