mathematics

The results for OECD's international student assessments have been released.

The California Department of Education adopted a new mathematics framework that has sparked controversy for shifting its emphasis ...

There is one thing that ancient Greeks, Renaissance artists, a 17th century astronomer, and 21st century architects all have in ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla.—After 24 years of teaching advanced math, Will Frazer calculated how the COVID-19 plan would affect students ...

A child’s future success in maths can be determined by the time a child is four years of ...

More than 700 mathematicians and scientists have signed an open letter denouncing recent "trends" in K-12 mathematics education aimed ...

Commentary The state of Virginia, which used to be reliably red and mostly conservative, is providing more evidence ...

The Oregon Department of Education has recommended a toolkit to all of its middle school teachers in order ...

The requirement to submit Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) statements in the hiring process at U.S. universities has ...

The latest result of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)—better known as The Nation's Report Card—shed a ...

NEW YORK–The relationship between mathematics and art has always existed. From ancient civilizations, to the Renaissance, to present ...

The Three Character Classic, or San Zi Jing, is the best known classic Chinese text for children. Written ...

One of the most important numbers in maths might today be named after the Greek letter π or ...

British mathematician Sir Andrew J. Wiles has won the Abel Prize in math for cracking a centuries-old hypothesis.

Some statisticians say all coincidences are just due to random chance, and they are meaningless. Others disagree.

At least a fifth of adults have forgotten how to perform basic mathematical equations taught in school, according ...

Have you ever experienced a strange coincidence and thought, "What are the odds of that?"

Until now, scientists have determined the mass of stars, planets, and moons by studying their motion in relation ...

How strongly children identify with math—their math “self-concept”—can predict how high they will score on a standardized test ...

A new artificial intelligence system can solve SAT geometry questions as well as the average American 11th-grade student.

To answer a 40-year-old question about Arctic ice thickness, scientists have treated the ice floes of the frozen ...

It’s important to be inventive when teaching children maths in primary school, in order to get them hooked ...

Thousands of students are preparing to begin their job searches with newly earned STEM (science, technology, engineering and ...

Children of math-anxious parents learn less math during the course of a school year and are more likely ...

Thirty years ago calculators promised immense opportunity – opportunity, alas, that brought considerable controversy.

A new classroom strategy uses visual symmetry to teach children the often baffling concepts surrounding negative numbers.