Most people in the math education space agree that students need to be fluent with basic math facts. By the time kids are in ...

A national nonprofit that aims to improve math outcomes for students in pre-K-5 found there are four key elements to ...

As children learn basic arithmetic, they gradually switch from solving problems by counting on their fingers to pulling facts from memory. The shift comes more easily for some kids than for others, ...

Procedural fluency or conceptual understanding--math educators have debated for years which is more important. I sided with conceptual understanding until my colleague Angela McIver helped me see the ...

“Alina Gataullina, a math major, works with other students as they talk about mathematics in the undergraduate math lounge. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis)” Editor’s note: This story was originally ...

Did you know there are more ways to shuffle a deck of cards than there are atoms in the universe? Seems crazy, but it's true. Today The Why Files covers amazing math facts (and tricks) that will ...

Math isn’t just about numbers it’s full of strange patterns, paradoxes, and facts that feel more like magic than mathematics. In this video, we reveal some of the wildest math truths that are 100% ...