When it comes to teaching mathematical concepts, abstract formulas may be more effective than the familiar examples of speeding trains and tossed coins favored by algebra instructors, according to a ...

Several fields of mathematics have developed in total isolation, using their own 'undecipherable' coded languages. Mathematicians now present 'big algebras,' a two-way mathematical 'dictionary' ...

You all know the score. A train leaves one city travelling at 35 miles per hour and another races toward it at 25 miles an hour from a city 60 miles away. How long do they take to meet in the middle?

They're travelling to First Nations communities across Saskatchewan, trying to instill a love of math in young students. Called 'Math Mania,' the program uses real-world examples from the lives of ...

Math isn’t often thought of as a tool for social justice. But mathematical thinking can help us understand what’s going on in society too, says mathematician Eugenia Cheng. For example, abstract math ...

When studying to become a math teacher, many teachers-in-training are taught to use concrete, real world examples to help illustrate mathematical concepts. New research, published in last week's ...

Frustrated math students may have a good excuse — some of the teaching methods meant to make math more relevant may in fact be making it harder to understand, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

A new study challenges the common practice in many classrooms of teaching mathematical concepts by using "real-world," concrete examples. Researchers found that college students who learned a ...

Professors from the University of Saskatchewan are hitting the road. They're travelling to First Nations communities across Saskatchewan, trying to instill a love of math in young students. Called ...