Dan Finkel runs Math for Love with his wife, Katherine Cook. They have developed two games: Tiny Polka Dot: A math-enriched card deck for 3- to 8-year-olds. “It’s really flexible,” Finkel said. You ...

With the right lesson plan, teachers can turn struggling students into budding mathematicians. The secret is carefully guiding their adventure in numbers I still vividly remember the day, 14 years ago ...

The lesson started with something simple – designing a dream bedroom.For fourth grader Nolan Ochuna, it meant choosing ...

Why it matters: Making math enjoyable helps reduce anxiety and builds long-term confidence for learners of all ages. Fun learning tools: Quizzes, trivia games, and math jokes can make learning feel ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What has been the best math lesson you have taught and why do you think it was so good? We’ve all taught some great lessons and we’ve also all taught some pretty bad ...

Not everyone is a big fan of math or math riddles. But the people who are, know that solving math riddles is a great way to practice your problem-solving skills and get some much-needed mental ...

It’s the rare child who’ll choose an afternoon of math homework over a family vacation. That’s partly because of the negative way that we talk about and teach math, says Chris Emdin, a professor of ...

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 ...

WATSONVILLE — While there are numerous benefits to summer vacations, the absence of learning can allow students’ minds to wander and they may need to refresh their learning when school resumes. This ...

If you're not a numbers person, sometimes even if you are, high school math, can be mind-numbing. "These are all quadratic equations and quadratic equations, they don't really make sense to anyone," ...