Group work and giving students time to discuss their work helps to build their confidence in using math in science lessons, a ...

Measured against that, the Kakeya conjecture – a problem stemming from a 1917 thought experiment by Japanese mathematician ...

A tricky math question has been leaving people confused as they try to work out the answer - but others say it's really ...

While the percentage of Texas students meeting grade-level standards bounced back in reading, that’s still not the case in ...

Moser asked for the largest possible area of a single shape in one plane that could move around a right-angled corner of a ...

The United States has a math problem. The most recent Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics, found that U.S. students ...

Geometry and trigonometry: These fields of math study the relationship between lines, points, shapes, sizes, angles and distances. Geometry is what tells us the area of a circle and how big the ...

Ohio's math problem: Is better teacher training the key to solving kids' math anxiety? Many elementary school teachers experience math anxiety, which their students can pick up.

Study shows addressing working memory can help students with math difficulty improve word problem-solving skills Working memory shown to have key role; interventions helped students boost key ...

In a special question in geometry called a Kakeya set, mathematicians wonder how small the area can be where a line, or needle, is rotated completely through 360 degrees.

A student digs into a math problem that references his favorite superhero, the product of an AI program that has tailored the problem to his interests and ability. A math teacher reviews an AI ...

Basically, by thinking outside of the box. Following a reinforcement learning approach, the researchers trained the AI by first feeding it easy math problems followed by increasingly difficult tasks.