Today’s teaching methods prioritize creative problem-solving over traditional formulas and equations, but these changes may be critical for the next generation. A group of children work together on a ...

This article is part of a series providing school students with evidence-based advice for choosing subjects in their senior years. Maths prepares students for the ultimate test — life beyond school.

Amid falling student scores and renewed debates about how the subject should be taught, math is in the spotlight once again. The pandemic, which affected student learning across the board, had ...

Last December, several members of a national organization for math education leaders came together to issue a warning. A growing movement in the field, they claimed, was calling on schools to adopt an ...

For many school students, Mathematics is not merely a subject of numbers, formulas and steps. It is the panic before exams, the silence inside classrooms, the hesitation before raising a hand, and the ...

The widespread idea that getting students to practice basic maths skills until they master them amounts to ‘drill and kill’ ...