For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

Stage 5: Justify thinking. A vital habit that many students need to solidify is recontextualizing after they solve ...

There are many ways to cook eggs, but perhaps one of the best ways is by scrambling them. To achieve the fluffiest results, ...

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

Most of us have little trouble working out how many milliliters are in 2.4 liters of water (it's 2,400). But the same can't be said when we're asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours (it's 144).

Gene activity and plant metabolites analyzed together in the same plant cell for the first time: Researchers have combined two techniques, single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) and single-cell mass ...

Professor Raúl Rojas has published a book about how symbols have been used throughout history in mathematics. The work was translated into English this year.

1. Fast and Slow Piles. This works well as a starting or closing activity. Students sort math fact cards into fast and slow piles. This visual way of tracking facts highlights which facts come ...

Years ago, no math education was complete without understanding how to compute a square root. Today, you are probably just ...