For most people, the word "algebra" conjures classroom memories of Xs and Ys. Weekend Edition's math guy, Keith Devlin, says that's because most schools do a terrible job of teaching it. He talks with ...

Can a video game make your kid smarter? Can a video game teach your kid math? Jean-Baptiste Huynh’s Dragonbox app “tricks” kids into thinking algebra is fun. Or maybe algebra is fun and Dragonbox is ...

Learning how to solve algebraic equations need not be all work and no play. Two software titles, “The Hidden Treasure of Al-Jabr” and “Standard Deviants: Algebra,” bring an entertaining element to the ...

At the Museum of Science and Industry, summertime means algebra, graphs and equations. Fun, exciting stuff. Really. A new exhibit offers a peek into the work of roller coaster designers, video game ...

Jesse Schell is, perhaps, the top educational game designer in the business right now. A few months ago I asked him what his favorite educational game was. After a brief pause, he replied, “DragonBox ...

I don’t often encounter the words “philosophy” and “fun” right next to the term “algebra.” Nowadays, these words don’t seem to fit together comfortably. However, the three terms do appear in the title ...

DUMP ALGEBRA: Because we only care about ourself and, by extension, our daughter Hannah, we haven’t been overly concerned about college since we were in it. And, now that our daughter is a senior at ...

My daughter is here for Christmas Break (and god dammit I miss her a lot) I'm in Los Angeles and she is a Freshman in Texas. We are planning her High School Math curriculum and she is doing rather ...