Exploring concepts such as observation and measurement in the fresh air can give students a new and playful perspective on ...

The poor scores given to US math students who took international skills tests might result from poor teaching rather than uninterested students. After elementary school, most of the math classes I ...

Earlier this month, Barbara Oakley, engineering professor at Oakland University and author of “Learning How to Learn" published an opinion piece called "Make Your Daughter Practice Math. She'll Thank ...

Re “How to Fix Our Math Education” (Op-Ed, Aug. 25): Sol Garfunkel and David Mumford are right to observe that the everyday usefulness of our high school math curriculum leaves much to be desired. But ...

For too many years, K-12 education has been largely oblivious to the gaping mismatch between mathematics curricula and the needs and reality of the working world. It is increasingly apparent that the ...

EAGLE COUNTY – “What good will this do me?” asks the 10th grader picking at an algebra problem.It’s a pointed, timeless question that doesn’t always have a quick answer. When parents and teachers are ...