An autobiography that shows the profound connections between math and life
From targeted advertising and insurance to education and policing, Cathy O'Neil's new book 'Weapons of Math Destruction' looks at how algorithms and big data are targeting the poor, reinforcing racism and amplifying inequality.
It's part of an effort to make math more appealing to youngsters in the country.
Some of the greatest opportunities for technology and business lie in the fields of agriculture.
“I hate to be a downer, but, statistically, people are more likely to die from heart disease than by getting hit with one of those things.”
A Harvard researcher has traced the roots of our math curriculum back through the centuries. And it hasn't changed much.
We must teach kids that math extends beyond the classroom, writes Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman and mathematician John Urschel.
In this live interview from the Aspen Ideas Festival, Ira asks mathematicians and educators if there's a better way to learn math.
A study of 17 people who have been blind since birth found that areas of the brain usually devoted to visual information become active when a blind person is solving math problems.
Marcus du Sautoy looks at how writers, painters and composers have obeyed laws of nature for centuries.
Yet again, prime numbers have stumped mathematicians.
Math is a subject that brings out anxiety in kids and adults. Talking through math's usefulness and being clear about why a math concept matters could help students enjoy the subject.
The best resources for teachers supporting students who think they hate math may not get better than Numberphile .
Life with a Mathematical Muse
When we treat people as collections of statistics, we ignore important aspects of their humanity.
The Common Core math standards say students need more than a textbook understanding of concepts like the Pythagorean theorem. So two Colorado teachers teamed up for a lesson in real-world math.
"What you do when you’re teaching is you think about other people’s thinking. You don’t think about your own thinking; you think what other people think. That’s really hard." -Deborah Ball
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Spice up your math lessons with these engaging, interesting, and entertaining teaching videos.
Jazz legend Herbie Hancock joined educators to talk about how music and math could be taught together.
We continue to value sudents good at math memorization over those who think slowly, deeply and creatively — the students we need for our future.
It's rare for researchers to share their data as they work, but scientists in Wisconsin are reporting on their Zika virus experiments in real time. They say it's critical for stopping the virus.
How hard can it be?
Galaxies, the Big Bang, dark matter, planets, stars and more in ‘Calculating the Cosmos’ by Ian Stewart.
“Don’t overlook the inherent subjectivity of building things with data just because you’re using math,” says former Kickstarter data scientist Fred Benenson.
The legacy of mathematician Alan Turing inspires researchers to create computer models to explore ‘the beauty of us.’
When Common Core problems go viral, the steps seem complicated, unnecessary. But it actually teaches a real skill
Research suggests some reasons students struggle to learn mathematics include: fast pace, reading difficulty, working memory, conceptual understanding, or misunderstanding. Word problems or problem tasks have always been considered the most difficult part of teaching and learning mathematics at any grade level. When I taught middle and high school math, I would ask my students, “What job will you have in the future where you will be handed a page full of computations to do or equations to solve?” Sometimes, they would respond with, “Maybe, a math teacher?” Then I’d ask, “Other than being a math teacher?” They were stumped. I would explain the reason we do several problems of a similar type is to understand how to get solutions. However, we need to understand how to solve problems or tasks that represent what might occur in daily situations and problems that arise in specialty areas. This is where the mathematics we’re practicing connects to the “real world.”
I’m teaching a first-year module on the history of mathematics for undergraduate mathematicians this term. In this, I’m less concerned about students learning historical facts and more …
Charles Bethea writes about the Golden State Warriors quest for seventy-three regular-season wins, which would set an N.B.A. record.
