Why do some students dread math class while others look forward to it? New research offers a closer look at the thinking ...
When presented with a math problem, some people start moving their hands the moment they read the problem statement, while ...
It’s quite rare to hear someone say, “I can’t read” or “I’m illiterate so I don’t read.” On the other hand, lots of people claim that they’re “not a math person.” The phrase isn’t just “I don’t like ...
Across the country, educators continue to wrestle with big questions about math curricula. Two years ago, the California education board’s adoption of a long-gestating new math framework added more ...
Vanessa Vakharia is the author of Math Therapy: 5 Steps to Help Your Students Overcome Math Trauma and Build a Better Relationship With Math, host of the Math Therapy podcast, and founder of The Math ...
Mathematics has been the broccoli of school subjects for generations of Australian teenagers. Often pushed aside, dreaded, or even feared, nearly one third of students opt out of any senior math ...
Have you ever questioned, "I do not even know where to start?" Mathematics offers an answer. I have taught mathematics in secondary schools for more than 40 years. I have read many conflicting views ...