Introducing new math concepts via already-worked examples can give students a significant boost in learning. But choosing the right problems makes a big difference. An analysis earlier this year of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To learn the geometric concept of transformations this year, Crystal Watson’s eighth-graders drew up blueprints of apartments. As ...

Every mathematician has a story that goes something like this. You’re at a party, and someone asks what you do for a living. “I’m a mathematician,” you say. “You must be a genius!” they reply. Or ...