To understand why classrooms look so different today, it helps to trace how teaching methods have evolved. From the rise of ...

From building with blocks to exploring nature, kids have lots of chances to notice — and create — patterns. We experience patterns in math, science, literacy, music, and even arts and crafts!

Playing board games such as Chutes and Ladders can help young children get better at math, according to a new study. The format of number-based games helps improve counting, addition and the ability ...

The term "computer" used to be applied to humans that performed calculations by hand. It's still important for today's kids to still know how to, say, multiply without using their calculators (or ...

As a young math student, Rachel Eng memorized formulas and theorems, but she never learned about the mathematicians who developed them. Nor did she hear about the controversies and dramas that ...

Last week, 4-year-old Aarav insisted on sorting his cereal loops by colour before eating them. The week before that, he pointed out that the staircase had "odd and even" steps. His parents laughed it ...

A new artificially intelligent "mathematician" known as the Ramanujan Machine can potentially reveal hidden relationships between numbers. The "machine" consists of algorithms that seek out ...

The primary goal of Vedic Maths aims to reduce calculation time, while eliminating the need for memorisation. Children can solve most mathematical problems without writing them down, and come up with ...

Some mathematical patterns are so subtle you could search for a lifetime and never find them. Others are so common that they seem impossible to avoid. A new proof by Sarah Peluse of the University of ...