Little things make the difference between a math class that intimidates students and one that encourages them, says a math educator.

Imagine you’re a character in a math problem. You have three platters, but two cakes. All three platters need to have the same amount of cake. How would you split it? Without even saying the word ...

Professors teaching Mathematics 32A, a lower-division course with hundreds of students, discussed some of the challenges they have faced and rewards they have found through teaching the class.

Consider the following scenario that frequently occurs in math classes throughout higher education. On the first day of class, a math professor announces to students, “If you don’t know this, this and ...

Because of this, the priority of the class should be teaching students as much as possible about math so that they will remember and utilize the discipline in classes and majors that are not focused ...

Bold recommendations to make math more inclusive are blowing up the world of math education. Opponents say the movement effectively dumbs down math.

Harvard might be America’s most elite university — but now it’s offering remedial math classes. The school’s math department is providing a new scaled-back math class for freshmen who are ...