Solving math riddles is fun, especially when you get them right. But did you know that solving them can also improve your brain power? In fact, research shows that practicing math riddles helps ...

The ultimate motivator for kids to do their best in math isn't the promise of rewards or desire to make a parent proud, recent research reveals. For 55% of kids, it's proving to themselves that "they ...

Professor Khare discusses the vulnerability of research, the charm of number theory, and why mathematics is central to human ...

athematics is, at its core, an art. Like painters, musicians or writers, mathematicians create and explore new worlds. They ...

Let’s say that you and I are hovered over a chaotic scene in a Where’s Waldo? book, when I triumphantly announce, “I found Waldo!” You, the good skeptic that you are, say, “Oh yeah? Prove it.” Proving ...

I feel for my students when I hand them their first essay assignment. Many are mathematicians, students and teachers who chose to study mathematics partly to avoid writing. But in my mathematics ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The journal aims to stimulate reflection on mathematics education at all levels, and promote study of its practices and its ...