What do the integers have in common with the symmetries of a triangle? In the 19th century, mathematicians invented groups as an answer to this question.

Help D.C. with number sentences and ten frames, then learn about groups of up to 20.

A new organization called the Association for Mathematical Research (AMR) has ignited fierce debates in the math research and education communities since it was launched last October. Its stated ...

A national panel reviewing teaching and learning in mathematics heard from advocates for minority students and non-native English-speakers at a recent public forum here, as well as from a women ...

By focusing on relationships between solutions to polynomial equations, rather than the exact solutions themselves, Évariste Galois changed the course of modern mathematics.

M. Vali Siadat Richard J. Daley College (Ill.) The typical college student might balk at the idea of frequent quizzes that count toward his grade. But talk to students in the math professor M ...

WIM is an active group in the Department of Mathematics and includes faculty, instructors, postdocs, graduate and undergraduate students in mathematics, applied math, and statistics. The group meets ...

With national math scores lower than ever, these tutoring programs are aiming to change students’ perceptions of their math abilities.

The Alliance of Indigenous Math Circles has amassed invaluable knowledge about the best ways to introduce math to Indigenous communities. This knowledge may serve as a springboard for alternative ...

The divide makes it less likely that students who struggle will get access to proven strategies, researchers argue in a new ...

One rural Alabama school district figured out how to improve students' math scores: longer classes, group learning, and data diving ...

Mathematics started with numbers — clear, concrete, intuitive. Over the last two centuries, however, it has become a far more abstract enterprise. One of the first major steps down this road was taken ...