Teachers can use these tools to promote discussions and help students move from concrete to abstract understanding of concepts.

Why do some melodies feel instantly right, balanced, memorable and satisfying, even if you have never heard them before? New research from the University of Waterloo suggests that more than creativity ...

Many of us would probably like to forget sitting through math classes in school. But let’s briefly travel back, just for a ...

Why do some melodies feel instantly right, balanced, memorable and satisfying, even if you have never heard them before? New research from the ...

NWEA, a K-12 assessment and research organization, today released a new research report examining academic recovery patterns post-COVID. The new study, titled "From Loss to Recovery: Diverging Paths ...

“Our goal was to build a clear mathematical bridge between abstract algebra and the experience of listening to music,” said study co-author Olga Ibragimova. “When we think of melodies as shapes we can ...

One ball on a Plinko board is unpredictable. Drop a thousand and they form a near-perfect bell curve—one of math’s most powerful ideas for 150+ years.

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Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, an MIT team has designed a technique that could transform flat panels into medical devices, habitats, and other objects without the use of tools.

Tao: Today there are a lot of very tedious types of mathematics that we don’t like doing, so we look for clever ways to get ...