This is the second in a two-part series. Part one can be found here. The debate over what early math should look like and what should be included in the Common Core State Standards for math is one of ...

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Remember the graph paper you used at school, the kind that’s covered with tiny squares? It’s the perfect illustration of what mathematicians call a “periodic tiling of space”, with shapes covering an ...

The College Board released its 2014 SAT college-entrance test results today, and here are some highlights of the 2014 SAT math test: 1. Continuing an uninterrupted trend that dates back to at least ...

Mathematical patterns reveal profound truths about the universe and, surprisingly, about our inner lives as well. These five visual math concepts offer unique frameworks for understanding our behavior ...

The first few years of school weren’t easy for RuoHan Chen. He had emigrated from China at age 4, just a few years before starting kindergarten. The language and culture were still new to him, which ...

This is the first in a two-part series. The debate over what early math should look like and what should be included in the Common Core State Standards for math is one of the most contentious in ...