Math can be made more meaningful in kindergarten when teachers set up activities that tap into the excitement of the fall season—pumpkins, leaves, weather changes, and familiar traditions. These ...

Can you drill a hole in a cube that an identical cube could fall through? Prince Rupert of the Rhine first asked this question in the 17th century, and he soon found out the answer is yes. One can ...

Grand View Elementary first-grader Penelope Fowler and parapro Kim Zandbergen count blocks to complete an Illustrative Math challenge Grandville — Leland Smith says he really likes math, but it’s not ...

An exciting new study reveals the hidden genetic architecture of quantitative ability, showing how brain wiring and signaling shape math skills independently of general intelligence. Study: A genetic ...

During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today to 'investigate' Joe Biden's presidency, Republican Senator John Kennedy questions Biden's cognitive ability. Ironically, this is the same man who ...

In many schools where I coach, double periods of math instruction have become common to support struggling learners. This extended time is often underutilized for students who are already on track, ...

It can be tempting to assume that your intuitions about three-dimensional space carry over to higher-dimensional realms. After all, adding another dimension simply creates a new direction to move ...

Crows are able to look at a handful of four-sided shapes and correctly distinguish those that exhibit geometric regularity from those that don't, according to a provocative new study. It's the first ...

Physicists and marine biologists built a quantitative framework that predicts how coral polyps collectively construct a variety of coral shapes. Since before she could remember, Eva Llabrés was a ...