Statistics vs. Mathematics: Which has more Practical Learning?

Statistics focuses more on real-world data analysis and applied problem-solving, while mathematics builds strong theoretical ...
Education Week

Math: The Most Powerful Civics Lesson You’ve Never Had

Elections are all about numbers, sometimes hinging on miniscule percentage-point differences in turnouts. Math teacher Alison Strole’s middle school students know this better than your average ...
Helsinki

"A good model can provide creative insight and understanding of the processes in nature"

What is it like to study mathematical biology in the MAST programme? In practice, we study mathematical ecology. Ecology is getting ever more important and we offer a deep knowledge of mathematical ...
Education Week

With Larry Ferlazzo

The new question-of-the-week is: What has been the best math lesson you have taught and why do you think it was so good? In Part One, Beth Kobett, Jill Henry, Avery Zachery, Cindy Garcia, Molly ...
The Conversation

Challenging the status quo in mathematics: Teaching for understanding

Christopher Rakes receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Several state and national reform efforts have tried to improve things. The most recent Common Core standards had a great deal ...
The Telegraph

Wrong sum: Editorial on gap between formal and intuitive understanding of mathematics

Children selling vegetables and other goods in the market are good at calculating the prices. Researchers tested them by buying odd amounts and giving them a Rs 200 note, and they got it right if not ...