Every year, the countries competing in the International Mathematical Olympiad arrive with a booklet of their best, most ...

Students with special needs are often missing out on critical areas of math instruction—especially data processing, statistics and probability—raising concerns about their readiness for real-world ...

The competition, hosted by the Mathematical Association of America, awards cash prizes to top-scoring individuals and teams.

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics makes the argument that teachers, principals, and district leaders must “stay ...

Teachers can use these questions to draw students out and get worthwhile formative assessment responses to guide instruction.

The math became abstract, filled with formulas that felt disconnected from logic. He wasn’t weak in math, but he couldn’t ...

Have you ever wondered whether mathletes can go pro? Since 1959, the answer has been “yes” – with the height of achievement ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. In 1997, Deep Blue, a supercomputer built by IBM, did the unexpected: it defeated chess ...

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For those who imagine cybersecurity as a precise mechanism, like a lock that either clicks shut or doesn’t, SecOps can be a ...

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While many of their peers were still asleep, 137 fifth- and sixth-graders from across the Edmonds School District gathered at ...