One month into the school year, my math classroom is buzzing with familiar rhythms: assessments, routines and students still ...

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 ...

Jose Medrano and Rebeca Zapata shuddered at what their daughter, Miranda Zapata, brought home one recent day: fifth grade math homework. “Since it’s something I haven’t practiced recently, I feel like ...

How sports betting monitors used math to catch Terry Rozier and dozens of others accused of fixing bets on basketball.

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You may draw examples from Miguel Secillano, Terence Tao, or even from Shakuntala Devi, all you want – but if getting your ...

On October 30th, the six finalists for the 2025 CWI Best Thesis in Applied Math Award pitched their research. After careful ...

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Instead of memorization and lectures in classrooms, SESP Prof. Jen Munson, who studies learning science, envisions a ...