Now, as a professor of mathematics who studies how people learn math through play, I understand why bubbles are naturally lazy.

From classrooms to kitchen tables, debates about math education are never far away. Should teachers drill multiplication ...

Thirty-eight percent of young adults think math is very important in their work life; fewer believe it’s important in their ...

When every student is muted so that they can hear the teacher, it's impossible to hear the students speak about mathematics. Why are some students 'good' at math and others can't solve basic problems?

Bushart was speaking on an Education Week panel on May 25, focused on two important pieces of early math instruction: fact fluency and beginning word problem-solving.

For a study published in 2017 in the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education , she followed a group of high school students who were learning math through real-world problem solving and ...

About 35% of eighth graders in Washington have teachers who use a computer or digital device to teach math all or almost all the time in class.

Though basic math content is crucial for students who begin school with little math knowledge, a growing body of research argues more comprehensive kindergarten math instruction that moves beyond ...