The development of mathematics in the Indian subcontinent is a remarkable blend of the familiar and the unique. The Indian decimal place-value numeral system, which is the foundation of the modern ...

It’s natural to think that mathematics is primarily about numbers. In school, we first learn how to recite numbers and then spend considerable time writing them down and manipulating them on paper. Of ...

A study involving 1,050 German early adolescents found that more intelligent students showed greater increases in ...

The term “standards” conveys different meanings to different people. For many members of the general public and for the education policy community, “standards” focus on outcomes and imply “a mechanism ...

Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify how University of Colorado researchers handle their data collection. A student digs into a math problem that references his favorite superhero, ...