When students begin to see themselves as math thinkers, they engage actively, explore creatively, and feel more motivated.

Children are taught to endure math, not enjoy it. To the Editor: Re “Math, Taught Like Football,” by John Urschel (Sunday Review, May 12): Mr. Urschel has recognized a fundamental problem in ...

2024 “Week of Inspirational Math” supports teachers, parents and students with creative learning opportunities, content-rich lessons and motivational videos These new Week of Inspirational Math ...

When students are truly engaged in inquiry, they are able to construct deep knowledge and understanding rather than just passively receiving information Lloyd Alexander once said, “We learn more by ...

Zachary Champagne’s 3rd and 4th graders figure out early on that this math class will be different when their teacher tells them: “I don’t care about the answer.” The goal is to shift his elementary ...

From crumpled paper to termite mounds to three-sided coins, L. Mahadevan has turned the whole world into his laboratory. That essay, he noted, “was just an attempt to tell students they don’t always ...

Thank you for your zest for fractions and your profound, passionate writing in the June 14 Missoulian. You and your critical thinking are an inspiration. I would have killed for a literate student ...

Lloyd Alexander once said, “We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from the answer itself.” I love this quote because I’ve witnessed the truth of it ...