Here’s a simple number game to play on a rainy day, or while sheltering in place. You and I take turns crossing out numbers from the list {1, 2, 3, …, 9}. The winner is the last person to cross out a ...

Math struggles in kids may stem from brains that have a harder time learning from mistakes—not just understanding numbers.

A new Stanford study suggests math struggles may be about more than numbers. Children who had difficulty with math were less ...

The sweet and sour tropical fruit, the pineapple, also has the Fibonacci sequence hidden within it. The Fibonacci sequence is a sequence of numbers named after the Italian mathematician Leonardo ...

A year after he started his Ph.D. in mathematics at McGill University, Matt Bowen had a problem. “I took my qualifying exams and did absolutely horribly on them,” he said. Bowen was sure that his ...

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

This is the second in a two-part series. Part one can be found here. The debate over what early math should look like and what should be included in the Common Core State Standards for math is one of ...