There’s a scene in the 1988 movie "Stand and Deliver," where high school math teacher Jaime Escalante (played by Edward James Olmos) argues with the head of the school’s math program about the ...

Two Evening Street Elementary School students proved even fractions could be fun by creating Mathopoly, a prize-winning board game that won recognition in a national contest. Fifth-graders Ruby Culp ...

Upper elementary math can be both challenging and exciting—when games, interactive routines, and confidence-building strategies are part of the mix. Blending online tools, hands-on activities, and ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. It's no secret that math is a subject many find challenging, possibly even intimidating. Too often, we hear both adults ...

Catherine Good has experienced stereotype threat herself, although she didn’t know it at the time. She started her academic career in pure math, expecting to get a Ph.D. But somewhere along the way ...

Student host Arise helps us have fun with…math! We learn characteristics of triangles by making shapes with our bodies, discover strategies to help us learn math, create a mathematician on the go, get ...

Thousands of Chicagoans experienced math through games, puzzles, theater performances, music, technology and even a bounce house on September 26 at Navy Pier. MIND Research Institute’s 2015 Math Fair: ...

Eureka! a U.S. museum devoted to mysteries of math An "Enigma Cafe" offering "food for the mind, not the body" NEW YORK — At last count there were more than 17,000 museums across the country — not ...

FIRST OF TWO PARTS — Most people don’t associate math with fun. Video games, on the other hand — whether Angry Birds, World of Warcraft or good old Pac-Man — send the fun meter berserk. U.S. video ...