XtraMath helps kids gain fluency in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The program is conceptually similar to flash cards. Credit: Ian Moore / mashable As COVID-19 was spreading last ...
One of the most hotly contested teaching practices concerns a single minute of math class. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift Should teachers pull out their stopwatches and administer one-page ...
The common-core math standards require that students learn the standard algorithm for multi-digit adding and subtracting—you know, the process in which you line the numbers up vertically to add or ...
A series of short animated films for primary schools, following the adventures of Olivia and Hassan as they're challenged with maths problems to find their way through Hypatia's mathematical maze. Hi, ...
The confusion (likely intentional) boiled down to a discrepancy between the math rules used in grade school and in high school. By Steven Strogatz Recently I wrote about a math equation that had ...
Sometimes BODMAS is just PEMDAS by another name. And no, the answer is not 100. By Steven Strogatz Mathematical Twitter is normally a quiet, well-ordered place, a refuge from the aggravations of the ...