Kids with math learning disabilities process number symbols differently than quantities shown as dots — and it shows up in ...
“Ed” was supposed to be an AI-powered “educational friend” for Los Angeles schoolkids, telling them how to do their homework, what time school let out and even where to go to college. But the flopped ...
Teachers can use these routines to seamlessly integrate SEL into math instruction to boost students’ proficiency and encourage a positive math identity.
Experts caution that low-quality, A.I.-generated videos on YouTube geared toward children often feature conflicting ...
Key advances in the development of artificial neural networks came from psychologists seeking to understand how the human mind works.
As the number of underage students who gamble increases, some argue that schools should add gambling literacy to their curricula.
Limiting screen time isn't enough anymore. Here's what the latest research says kids actually need, and why most schools aren't providing it.
With children increasingly glued to their cell phones, state legislators are hoping to reduce potential harm with restrictions for those under 18. Lawmakers are pushing a detailed bill that would ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...
Math scores in the U.S. have been so bad for so long that teachers could be forgiven for trying anything to improve them. Unfortunately, many of the strategies they’re using could be making things ...
For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...
Mike Kenny didn’t intend to create an educational web app — he was just looking for a way to help students master their multiplication tables. In 2013, as a graduate student in the Vermont Mathematics ...