Exploring concepts such as observation and measurement in the fresh air can give students a new and playful perspective on ...

Artificial intelligence is mastering the kinds of projects that have long helped to build the careers of young mathematicians ...

Group work and giving students time to discuss their work helps to build their confidence in using math in science lessons, a new study shows. Researchers have found that discussion is important ...

Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson, who surprised the math world when they produced innovative solutions to a 2,000-year-old puzzle, wowed the math world again when they presented several new ways of ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Mathematics started with numbers—clear, concrete, intuitive. Over the last two centuries, however, it has become a far more abstract ...

Almost three-quarters of high school students think that they can be good at math if they work hard, but fewer say they follow through with that effort when the work gets challenging, according to a ...

A study by economists shows a wide gap between the kinds of math problems kids who work in retail markets do well and the kinds of problems kids in school do well. In India, many kids who work in ...

Who knew that pizza night was a geometry quiz waiting to happen? On June 29, a tweet went viral. Like, really viral. The user, @cretiredroy, told the story of a visit to a pizzeria that turns into a ...