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In his autobiography, psychologist S. S. Stevens (1974) relates how he spent his undergraduate years at Stanford assiduously avoiding math and sciences classes. He enjoyed the humanities, especially ...
For all that education has changed in recent times—from the disappearance of cursive lessons to the rise of computer science in classrooms to pandemic-forced remote learning—one thing has remained ...
Do we need to reimagine how we teach math? If AI will be as ubiquitous as we believe it to be, will its inevitability require a pronounced emphasis in math throughout our education system? While it ...
The COVID crisis throws into relief what happens when grief has—quite literally—nowhere to go. The evidence suggests that most people summon strengths that surpass their own expectations. In his ...
Do you remember the day you decided you were no good at math? Or maybe you had the less common, opposite experience: a moment of math excitement that hooked you for good? Thousands of studies have ...
Although math anxiety is a sad and significant barrier to student learning (“Researchers Develop Scales to Measure Students’ Math Anxiety,” May 17, 2017), it is not an unsolvable problem. Ironically, ...
"I am Wendi. Wendi is me," said Ivory McCormick, a kindergarten teacher from Atlanta. Several other educators in the classroom identified with Wendi, and that was the point. Decades of research shows ...
No matter the age, there's one school subject that just doesn't add up for many people, and trying to solve it can bring nerves and even fear. Balancing weights, measuring steps and stacking blocks ...