Students often struggle to connect math with the real world. Word problems—a combination of words, numbers, and mathematical operations—can be a perfect vehicle to take abstract numbers off the page.

Helping students to develop math fluency takes more than just flash cards. It requires teaching them how to think about ...

When you think back on elementary school math, do you have fond memories of the countless worksheets you completed on adding fractions or solving division problems? Probably not. Researchers and ...

Nathan Katcher memorized the design of the flags of 65 different countries. He taught himself how to play the piano using an app. He has five different versions of Monopoly and knows exactly how much ...

Alan Veliz-Cuba has received funding from the Simons Foundation and the American Mathematical Society for some of his research. You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an ...