Tag: Mathematics
Algebra is more than alphabet soup – it’s the language of...
Algebra often involves manipulating numbers or other objects using operations like addition and multiplication. Flavio Coelho/Moment via Getty Images
I wrote a play for children about integrating the arts into...
Rob Roznowski, Michigan State University
Often, science and art are described as starkly different things. That narrative can start...
3 reasons we use graphic novels to teach math and physics
Sarah Klanderman, Marian University and Josha Ho, Marian University
Post-pandemic, some educators are trying to reengage students with technology...
Heritage algorithms combine the rigors of science with the infinite possibilities...
Audrey G. Bennett, University of Michigan and Ron Eglash, University of Michigan
The model of democracy in the 1920s...
Rhyme and reason – why a university professor uses poetry to...
Ricardo Martinez, Penn State
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting...
X marks the unknown in algebra – but X’s origins are...
Peter Schumer, Middlebury
Even though x is one of the least-used letters in the English alphabet, it appears throughout...
Will I ever need math? A mathematician explains how math is...
Hortensia Soto, Colorado State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
Math teachers hold a bias against girls when the teachers think...
Yasemin Copur-Gencturk, University of Southern California; Ian Thacker, The University of Texas at San Antonio, and Joseph Cimpian, New York University
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
