From haikus to math journals and comic strips, there are major benefits when writing is infused into the math curriculum.

Across the country, educators continue to wrestle with big questions about math curricula. Two years ago, the California education board’s adoption of a long-gestating new math framework added more ...

Educators using Desmos, an online graphing calculator and activity builder tool, say it enables them to teach math through inquiry more easily. Math instruction can be the most resistant to changes in ...

When students reach high school math, play typically disappears from the curriculum. But Kathy Sun is discovering new ways to bring play into high school math. A student’s math identity is usually ...

Families might be wondering why their child's math classroom looks so different from what they remember in school. Why aren't teachers putting students on the spot and getting them to prove that they ...

Holidays bring celebration, rest and, for many families, long stretches of indoor time. For some, this means table top games quickly reappear on kitchen tables. Games provide opportunities for ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. For many people, free association with the word “mathematics” would produce strong, ...