At a middle school in California, the state testing in math was underway via the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) exam. A girl pointed to the problem on the computer screen and asked ...
Math teachers of older students sometimes struggle to get students to explain their thinking with evidence. It's hard to get kids in the habit of talking about how they are thinking about a problem ...
Editor's Note: To honor math and all who use it, UDaily is re-posting a Pi Day story from 2018. March 14 is Pi Day. You’re welcome to eat pie, too, but the day is more of a celebration of math. A ...
One of the few things that unites Americans across the political spectrum in this age of partisan polarization is disdain for modern math instruction. From the far left to the far right, you can find ...
Cass Sunstein’s March 1 op-ed lists several possible reasons for girls underperforming in math relative to boys, and highlights a new Israeli study showing that biased teachers can inhibit girls’ math ...