Short-term memory is finite and fills up quickly. Here are 7 ways we can free up space for clearer-headed mathematical ...
The viral “six seven” trend, arrived from Skrilla’s song Doot Doot (6 7), has spread across social media and popular classrooms in Australia. Though the name indicates numbers, it has no actual ...
Do you know your geometry from your arithmetic and your fractions from your logs? Let’s find out! Think of this as a math class without the quizzes, where every problem has a twist solution, every ...
For many students, correct answers often take center stage in math class, while reasoning becomes an afterthought. Even when “showing your work” gets factored into grading, kids may put in minimal ...
In “Do Sports Explain the ‘Math Gender Gap’?” (op-ed, Sept. 8), J.T. Young speculates whether “the way we teach math is somehow biased against girls.” A related issue is that recent teaching ...
The latest results from the so-called Nation’s Report Card are out, and they paint a sobering picture of academic achievement across the country. The National Center for Education Statistics has ...
Math and reading scores for U.S. high school seniors are plummeting, according to new federal data released on Tuesday. Reading skills in particular have suffered, with test results dropping to their ...
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Each week, Cookie Jam gives us a mix of easy and tricky Buzzwords. “Math that introduces letters as variables” is definitely one of the tougher ones, so here’s a little help. Algebra is a branch of ...
If you’ve ever shuffled a deck of playing cards, you’ve most likely created a unique deck. That is, you’re probably the only person who has ever arranged the cards in precisely that order. Although ...
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