Thirty-eight percent of young adults think math is very important in their work life; fewer believe it’s important in their ...

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A few months before the 2025 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in July, a three-person team at OpenAI made a long bet ...

Instead of saying “I’m not good at math,” Johnson recommends explaining “I have to work at math.” Say “you can be good at math if you work at it.” ...

Show work by recording each part of the problem step-by-step. Remind your kids that even if they can do the work in their heads, writing it down will help prevent avoidable mistakes and execution ...

Many online games purport to help with fact fluency, but as usual, the devil is in the details, and teachers need to know precisely how these programs work, said Kane, the Colorado teacher.

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For those who believe they are not “math people,” it makes them feel helpless. Math requires effort, patience and time. You have to believe that eventually, you will be able to understand.

Complicating the potential partnership between math and AI is the fact that how kids learn math is a very personal experience—with some mastering concepts much quicker than others.

The new math for the younger grades can help, she said, noting the books are smaller, so teachers can instruct fewer lessons with more depth; something top-performing countries do.

Time spent on review is valuable, but ultimately takes focus away from grade-level content, which can hinder students’ chances of growth over the year. As an eighth-grade math teacher at Helen Y.