For folks in the literacy world, the bitter fight over California’s math framework sounded eerily familiar. On one side, proponents of the framework argued that students need to learn to love math, ...

Helping students see how what they are learning in school is relevant to their lives, hopes, and dreams enhances motivation. It can also be challenging to teachers who are tasked with covering a lot ...

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The documentary film “Counted Out,” which emphasizes math literacy’s importance for democracy and economic opportunity, will be screened twice at Hope College on Tuesday, March 25, at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m ...

Researchers tested a research-based intervention with English learners with math difficulty. The intervention proved to boost comprehension and help students synthesize and visualize information, ...

The Indian government declared National Mathematics Day in 2012 to recognize Ramanujan's contributions and promote awareness of mathematics beyond academics.

Next month, a panel of University of California professors in the sciences and math will give their recommendations on the contentious issue of how much math high school students should know before ...

What is the most important number in the entirety of mathematics? Ok, that’s a pretty silly question – out of infinite possibilities, how could you possibly choose? I suppose a big hitter like 2 or 10 ...

National Mathematics Day is celebrated every year on December 22 to mark the birth anniversary of India’s legendary mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. The day is observed across schools and colleges ...

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The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science offers major programs leading to the bachelor of science in mathematics or the bachelor of science in computer science, as well as required and ...