AI could soon spew out hundreds of mathematical proofs that look "right" but contain hidden flaws, or proofs so complex we ...

Using concepts students are already familiar with — like how bottles vibrate — can serve as a helpful anchor for more complex topics.

Why do some melodies feel instantly right, balanced, memorable and satisfying, even if you have never heard them before? New research from the University of Waterloo suggests that more than creativity ...

Provided content. One ball on a Plinko board is unpredictable. Drop a thousand and they form a near-perfect bell curve—one of math’s most powerful ideas for 150+ years.

After Crystal Lembke started posting her NFeLementary lessons on social media, "it blew up." Colts Jonathan Taylor, AD ...

Crystal Lembke, a fifth grade teacher at Washington Elementary School in Valparaiso, teaches lessons on sports using the NFeLementary curriculum.

George Pólya’s random walk theorem absolved him of being a lurker and revealed how the laws of chance interact with physical ...

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 ...

Students, parents and school principals all instinctively know that some teachers are better than others. Education researchers have spent decades trying — with mixed success — to calculate exactly ...

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