FOR ONE school year, college students who had taken a problem-solving class taught by former Ateneo president Fr. Bienvenido Nebres, SJ, and myself, volunteered to coach talented elementary and ...

1. Fast and Slow Piles. This works well as a starting or closing activity. Students sort math fact cards into fast and slow piles. This visual way of tracking facts highlights which facts come ...

Think Through Math is a web-based program that allows elementary aged students to practice and prepare for the often intense state math tests that they will endure in later years. At this critical age ...

We like to think that we're pretty good at math, especially after years of schooling. But every once in a while, a simple third-grade math problem manages to trip us up and make us question our ...

The Math Resource is an interactive math dictionary that lets students become their own math tutor. It covers a comprehensive list of topics from algebra to group theory. Each topic has its own ...

New research shows that if you want to be good at math, you have to practice all different kinds of mathematics. New research from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology shows that if you ...