Few elementary education programs give future teachers enough exposure to foundational math concepts, like number sense and algebraic reasoning, before they reach the classroom. That’s the upshot of a ...
BERLIN, GERMANY - A teacher explains mathematics during a lesson with pupils (sixth graders), who are sitting at desks socially-distanced.(Photo by Christian Ender/Getty Images) Math education has ...
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 ...
Equity and social justice in mathematics education address the deeply rooted disparities that shape learners’ experiences and outcomes across diverse social, cultural and economic contexts. At its ...
Photo courtesy of the Harvard University Department of Mathematics. Alan Garfinkel, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, explains the practical uses of modeling to instructors ...
William Heard Kilpatrick, one of the most influential pedagogical figures of the early twentieth century, would have felt right at home in today’s educational culture wars. Back then, as now, the ...
Math education is rapidly changing. And while there are real headwinds with respect to math achievement, the new ideas and curricula that are emerging have the potential to power real progress for ...
Imagine you are a mountaineer. Nothing excites you more than testing your skill, strength and resilience against some of the most extreme environments on the planet, and now you've decided to take on ...
The Doctor of Education in Education with a concentration in Mathematics Education (EMAT) at the University of Wyoming will shape practitioners, like math instructors, into leaders and innovators in ...
Keith Perkins, foreground, works through an algorithm for calculating ladder rung spacing in Linn-Benton Community College’s math for welders class. Credit: Jan Sonnenmair for The Hechinger Report The ...