When Nathan Forbes took on the role of principal at Budgewoi Public School in 2020, he recognised an opportunity to enhance the school's maths program. The school had room for improvement in maths ...

Associate Prof Ton Than, former Head of the Mathematics-Informatics Department of the Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences, says that teacher training methods in mathematics studies remain ...

There has been much discussion in recent years about why East Asian children perform so well on international education tests. I’ve argued before that there is no one reason for these countries’ ...

Mathematician and Co-founder and Executive Director of Stanford University's H-STAR Institute Dr. Keith Devlin spoke about math, the symbol barrier and the development of understanding math through ...

FREETOWN — Learning mathematics one way for six years and then switching to another way upon entering middle school is causing difficulties for some students, Freetown School Committee member ...

Maths is known as the language of the universe, governing patterns, structures, and change. However, despite having tech-driven classrooms, it often feels disconnected from real life, reduced to ...

“For some, common core is creating common confusion,” said education correspondent Rehema Ellis on a recent NBC News segment. The crux of the news piece was that parents are struggling to help their ...

There’s a change coming to Ontario’s elementary school math curriculum. The new provincial government says it is responding to a decline of standardized test scores and plans to recommend a return to ...

In an ever-changing world, education must adapt to prepare children for the challenges of the 21st century. In a society where calculators and digital technologies are ubiquitous, mathematics ...

The idea that math is a natural-born talent—that some people just “get it,” and others won’t no matter the time and effort put in—is a mentality that researchers and schools have been challenging for ...

A Grattan Institute study has found that not only are Australia's students struggling with maths, but many teachers lack the confidence to teach it even at a Year Six level. The institute has called ...