Honeybees are able to understand the mathematical concept of zero, according to a new study published in the journal Science. This places them in an elite group of animals that are known to be able to ...

Have you ever tried to help a child with their third-grade math homework, only to find yourself stumped? You're not alone. Many adults are surprised to discover that some of the math concepts taught ...

Remember the days when working a math problem resulted in a right or wrong answer, and parents had a basic grasp of how to help their children with math homework? Those days predated the Common Core ...

WIESBADEN, Germany -- Students at Aukamm Elementary are getting hands-on experience in mathematical concepts that will lay the foundation for their future math learning, thanks to an enterprising ...

Mathematics is often seen as an isolated subject, with distinct fields and theories that seem to have little in common. However, if you look closely, all areas of math are deeply interconnected. In ...

There was a time that I thought that understanding math was more useful than memorizing it. A certain amount of memorization is essential, especially for lower-level math. For example, you need to ...

Future teachers are likely to teach as they were taught—which can be problematic, researchers wrote in a recent study, “because most teachers experienced school mathematics as a set of disconnected ...

If someone calls you a zero, you know it’s a diss without even having to think about it. You know right away that it means they think you’re nothing, smaller than any number. But humans aren’t the ...

To truly become proficient in math, students need a solid foundation built on conceptual understanding. However, the benchmark assessments students take at the end of the year—designed to measure ...

California's new math instruction framework may look unfamiliar to parents, but once parents understand the family- and ...

It’s an incredible revelation that carvings found deep within the Amazon rainforest offer evidence of advanced mathematical ...