This lesson uses a clock to develop a stronger understanding of fractions This lesson uses a clock to develop a stronger understanding of fractions ...

Future teachers are likely to teach as they were taught—which can be problematic, researchers wrote in a recent study, “because most teachers experienced school mathematics as a set of disconnected ...

The School of Mathematics and Statistics is recognized for its contributions to research and applications of mathematical and statistical science, and it’s also known for expertise in mathematical and ...

It's getting tougher to assess how much university students have learnt. In his work as a Mathematical Statistics lecturer, Michael von Maltitz has tried a new way of getting students to learn, and of ...

“Alina Gataullina, a math major, works with other students as they talk about mathematics in the undergraduate math lounge. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis)” Editor’s note: This story was originally ...

Despite decades of reform efforts, mathematics teaching in the U.S. has changed little in the last century. As a result, it seems, American students have been left behind, now ranking 40th in the ...

University of the Free State provides funding as a partner of The Conversation AFRICA. It’s getting tougher to assess how much university students have learnt. In his work as a Mathematical Statistics ...