STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State Instructor II Kim Walters is using her Math in Your World class to teach students that math is more than problems in a textbook––it’s a practical tool with everyday ...

Organizational strategies that help students break complex word problems into manageable chunks may be the key to solving them, according to a 2025 study.

You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an everyday problem, such as calculating a tip at a restaurant or determining the square footage of a room. But what role does math play ...

Some people think 2+2=5... and they might be right. A statistician explains how abstract math can have real-world limitations ...

To learn math, students must build a mental toolbox of facts and procedures needed for different problems. But students who can recall these foundational facts in isolation often struggle to use them ...

Contextualizing math is the path forward for math instruction across the country--making it relevant help students grasp ...

Across the country this fall, millions of college students are walking into math classrooms worried about their future — perhaps with good reason. For decades, mathematics — particularly college ...

The latest national test scores show that Maryland’s K-12 students are performing below average in math. Maryland’s fourth and eighth-grade math scores on the National Assessment of Educational ...