While DeepSeek's powerful new AI model, R1, has been grabbing headlines, the Chinese AI lab also quietly released a lighter, more efficient version of it. This smaller model, called ...

Using words like ‘factors,’ ‘denominators’ and ‘multiples’ may be part of a constellation of good math teaching practices ...

I offer to pay you $200 in one year if you give me $190 today. Good deal or bad deal? It’s the kind of math problem you might encounter in real life, as opposed to, say, whether the cosecant of a ...

Given all we know – and the far more we don’t know – about the brain, there’s no reason to assume that any gender should have a monopoly on mathematical ability. And yet, for many people, the idea ...

A painless, non-invasive brain stimulation technique can significantly improve how young adults learn math, my colleagues and I found in a recent study. In a paper in PLOS Biology, we describe how ...

You’ve probably heard the common stereotype somewhere at some time that boys are better than girls at math and science. As a scientist (and a woman), every time I hear this kind of claim, it sounds ...

There's a disconnect between the math education Florida students get and what employers are looking for. That's according to a new report from the Florida Chamber of Commerce Foundation. The Aligning ...

EAST LANSING, MI – Elementary and middle school students across the state continue to take big steps forward in one of two academic areas but still haven’t recovered from the COVID-era classroom slump ...