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Contextualizing math is the path forward for math instruction across the country--making it relevant help students grasp ...

Across the country this fall, millions of college students are walking into math classrooms worried about their future — perhaps with good reason. For decades, mathematics — particularly college ...

Educators and administrators in recent years have been eager to reimagine math instruction. Troubled by high failure rates in ...

Elementary teachers can talk with students one-on-one to probe their thinking and learn things that might be missed with ...

If many students are struggling with operations like dividing decimals, this schoolwide approach to scheduling can help.

The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress just painted a dismal picture of math performance in America’s schools, continuing to show more than a decade of stagnation.

Professor of Mathematics Bill Kinney ’90 remembers that early on in his career, it was his dream to teach at a place like Bethel. As he studied on campus in the late 1980s, he fell in love with the ...

In the late 1980s, the Biosphere 2 project sealed a team of scientists inside a self-sustaining miniature world. Their goal was to see if a closed system could support human life, serving as a ...

As a mathematics education researcher, I study how math instruction impacts students' learning, from following standard math procedures to understanding mathematical concepts. Focusing on the latter, ...

One sibling has been left scratching their head at their younger brother’s Year 5 math exam. The question, shared on Reddit, asks students to figure out how many pages are in a book. “Klein read 30 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. High school students hit historic lows in math and reading on national tests, continuing a decade-long decline ...