Using words like ‘factors,’ ‘denominators’ and ‘multiples’ may be part of a constellation of good math teaching practices ...

Morning Edition catches up today with one New Jersey mom's way of teaching math to her children: bedtime problems "that soon became a beloved routine." Laura Overdeck, as it says on her Bedtime Math ...

Spinning a good yarn may seem to have little to do with mathematics, but a new study suggests otherwise. Preschoolers who tell stories that include many different perspectives do better in math two ...

The cost of chronometers was likely a factor, writes David Lindsay Roberts, A&S '98 (PhD), in Republic of Numbers: Unexpected Stories of Mathematical Americans Through History, published in October by ...

Once upon a time, there was a red-headed fourth grader named Ned. Ned was bored in school, and he didn’t get good grades. His mom was mad at him, his teacher pleaded with him, and Ned wanted to please ...

On a recent morning in South Seattle, Kristin Alfonzo challenged her preschoolers to make the number 7 using beads strung across two rows of pipe cleaners. One 5-year-old boy slid four beads across ...

This post is by Jeff Heyck-Williams, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Two Rivers Public Charter School, Washington, D.C. A few years ago, I left an interview with an elementary school candidate ...

Jodi Gold of New York City uses the Bedtime Math app with her children. Photo: Bedtime Math Foundation For many families, reading is as much a part of summer as cookouts and camp. But as the weather ...

Math and literature. If you’re like most of us, one of those words is enough to send your high school mind into a fit. But thanks to the stories below, apparently the two can co-exist in harmony. In ...

The Founders Award recognizes members who have rendered distinguished service to the association. Bailer was recognized for his leadership in statistics at the international level; for leadership of ...

Evolutionary stories like the grandmother hypothesis are easy to construct from mathematical models, but how well do they reflect reality? As Rennie explained, the population structures imposed by a ...