Easy-looking math sum divides people - are you a genius who can remember the rule to solve it in 30 seconds?

A social media user posted the elementary grade math sum, telling others to solve it without using a pen or paper - can you ...
Edutopia

A 5-Stage Strategy Students Can Use to Tackle Word Problems

Stage 5: Justify thinking. A vital habit that many students need to solidify is recontextualizing after they solve ...
Edutopia

5 Strategies to Help Build Math Fluency in K–2

Helping students to develop math fluency takes more than just flash cards. It requires teaching them how to think about ...
Inside Higher Ed

UC San Diego Sees Students’ Math Skills Plummet

Other UCs are tracking similar trends, but UC San Diego’s problem is “significantly worse,” the report states.
University of Nevada, Reno

Ask the Professor: Why do we use a sideways 8 to represent infinity?

Professor Raúl Rojas has published a book about how symbols have been used throughout history in mathematics. The work was translated into English this year.

How number systems shape our thinking and what it means for learning, language and culture

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...
The College Investor on MSN

High GPAs And Test Optional Mask Poor Math Skills At College

Key Points ・UC San Diego’s own faculty report shows a thirtyfold jump since 2020 in freshmen arriving with math skills below the middle-school level, raising concerns about admissions practices and ...
The Student Life

Professor Edray Goins becomes first Pomona College faculty member elected MAA President

Edray Herber Goins, professor of mathematics at Pomona College, has been elected to lead the Mathematical Association of ...