In their article “Make Math a Gateway, Not a Gatekeeper” (The Chronicle, April 23), Anthony S. Bryk and Uri Treisman describe a problem and how the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching ...

Any of us who have ever been in a math classroom know that too many kids lack fundamental arithmetic skills. It is extraordinarily difficult to teach students more advanced skills when their ability ...

Large Language Models (LLMs) have ushered in a new era of artificial intelligence (AI) demonstrating remarkable capabilities in language generation, translation, and reasoning. Yet, LLMs often stumble ...

As many as 45% of U.S. high school seniors lack basic math skills, while more than 30% lack basic reading skills—the lowest ...

Many students who lacked hands-on, in-person teachings due to the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns and school closures are now struggling with basic math at the college level, according ...

Now, I taught junior high school math for three years, so when I saw this simple equation, I knew I could solve it quickly and I did just that. Before you see my answer, go ahead and solve it for ...

Students benefit more from being taught the concepts behind math problems rather than the exact procedures to solve the problems. The findings offer teachers new insights on how best to shape math ...

Mathematics is a fundamental part of anyone's elementary and high school education. Students are taught from an early age how to add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers to solve equations. But for ...