Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to add, starting with ...

Word problems try and tell students a story about the math problem in front of them. They are a useful way to connect abstract numbers to concrete situations, so students can learn early on to apply ...

Storytelling and mathematics don’t naturally go together. The best way to spark a discussion about a math topic in a classroom can be unpopular with many students: solving word problems. Word problems ...

Why do some students dread math class while others look forward to it? New research offers a closer look at the thinking ...

Study after study has revealed that artificial intelligence is adversely affecting students’ ability to think critically, solve problems, and formulate their own ideas without the assistance of ...

The iSTEM School wants to hear about local organizations’ problems. iSTEM, a grade six-12 public science, technology, ...

One of the challenges involved designing a foot orthotic, and the youngsters worked through thr design process to develop their creations and then presented their finished products to classmates, ...

Putting their autonomous vehicle prototype through its paces on the engineering quad, student team members monitor sensor responses as the full-sized golf cart skims quietly across the walkway. Under ...

A distinctive Carney Institute for Brain Science program at Brown University trains quantitatively minded undergraduates to ...