I teach people how to teach math, and I’ve been working in this field for 30 years. Across those decades, I’ve met many people who suffer from varying degrees of math trauma — a form of debilitating ...

Editor’s note, July 8, 2020; Updated March 18, 2021: The author of this piece, which was originally published on the Conversation, contacted Education Week to acknowledge to us that she failed to ...

Teaching math isn’t just about working through problems. Often, it’s about helping students work through baggage, too. After years of historic declines in math performance nationwide and sharp ...

I teach people how to teach math, and I've been working in this field for 30 years. Across those decades, I've met many people who suffer from varying degrees of math trauma – a form of debilitating ...

Have you ever wondered what makes math so frightening for students in Pakistan that it leads to panic attacks? Have you ever compared the scared, silent classroom during math to the lively one during ...

Tracy Drinkwater, founder of the Seattle Universal Math Museum, has been named GeekWire’s STEM Educator of the Year for her innovative, play-based approach to math learning. The museum, which opened ...

The Nike Outdoor Nationals and the USATF U20 Championships culminated last weekend at Hayward Field. The five-day event spanned from Thursday... Top-ranked athletes will grab attention in nearly every ...

I teach people how to teach math, and I’ve been working in this field for 30 years. Across those decades, I’ve met many people who suffer from varying degrees of math trauma – a form of debilitating ...

While math trauma has multiple sources, there are some that parents and teachers have power to influence directly: outdated ideas of what it means to be good at math. These include speed and accuracy, ...