Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Life gets busy, and sometimes those basic math skills from school days get a little rusty. Whether you're budgeting, measuring for ...

New research from Vanderbilt University has found students benefit more from being taught the concepts behind math problems rather than the exact procedures to solve the problems. The findings offer ...

Can students learn basic algebra concepts in just two hours if those concepts are presented as a fun, interactive game? That’s the idea behind the Story Problem Challenge, an online, interactive game ...

Let’s keep things simple – this is basic math. Nothing scary. Just everyday calculations, a bit of geometry, some number patterns, and the kind of stuff you definitely learned in school at some point.

For all of the recent strides we’ve made in the math world—like a supercomputer finally solving the Sum of Three Cubes problem that puzzled mathematicians for 65 years—we’re forever crunching ...

You Do The Math: Explaining Basic Concepts Behind Math Problems Improves Children's Learning Date: April 12, 2009 Source: Vanderbilt University Summary: Students benefit more from being taught the ...