Their eerily simple “doomsday argument” relies solely on the laws of probability and a single data point: the total number of ...
Then it’s kind of a mystery to try to figure out why and how they’re related.” The Riemann hypothesis has proved to be a font ...
With a few instructional shifts, teachers can create classrooms that better encourage confidence and academic growth.
Math is a hierarchical field, building sequentially on prior concepts. Likewise, math standards in each grade presume that ...
Penn researchers have developed a smarter AI method for solving notoriously difficult inverse equations, which help scientists uncover hidden causes behind observable effects. By introducing ...
Math exam questions should not try too hard to appear "realistic" by adding everyday-life stories, because students would ...
One afternoon earlier this year, my 11-year-old son was sitting at his laptop and working quietly on his math homework. At ...

America’s Math Crisis

We teach the wrong math, tested in the wrong way, writes Ted Dintersmith.
Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Deidre Kelly. It has been edited for length and clarity. This is my 14th year teaching sixth-grade math, and I enjoy it just as much as I did when ...
Your iPhone's calculator is a powerful tool at your fingertips just waiting to do math quickly and easily. Here are some ...