Using words like ‘factors,’ ‘denominators’ and ‘multiples’ may be part of a constellation of good math teaching practices ...

While gender differences of learning math have long been debated, new research debunks an old myth about the math abilities of boys and girls. Women have surpassed men in college enrollment and degree ...

Being better at math increases income but also ties satisfaction more closely to money. Jonathan Kitchen/Digital Vision via Getty Images Your grade school math teacher probably told you that being ...

You’ve probably heard the common stereotype somewhere at some time that boys are better than girls at math and science. As a scientist (and a woman), every time I hear this kind of claim, it sounds ...

Math instruction is changing — and for the better, says Nancy Pfaff, a Lake Washington School District teacher who has won a prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science ...

Michelle Manes has taught math in almost every setting. She taught public high school students, deaf elementary school students, and middle school girls at a single-sex school. But eventually, she ...

Mark Perry recently wrote a blog post about the average performance of high school girls and boys on the math section of the SAT, accompanied by a colorful tweet with the caption, “SAT results confirm ...

The College Board released its 2014 SAT college-entrance test results today, and here are some highlights of the 2014 SAT math test: 1. Continuing an uninterrupted trend that dates back to at least ...

As teachers dig into implementing new standards in mathematics, a federal research project is working to make their curricular materials more effective at getting content across. A five-year, $10 ...

Source: Slide 15 of a PowerPoint presentation, accompanying a June 2016 OECD report, “Equations and Inequalities.” Click here for a larger version. Abstract, pure math — solving disembodied equations ...