August brings the usual dread of summer’s end and the imminent return to school, now magnified by the uncertainty of a COVID future and painful memories of the COVID past. As if the increased levels ...

AMES, Iowa – It happens all the time. Just mentioning the word math sparks an automatic response that is rarely positive. “Whenever I tell people I’m a mathematician they always say, ‘Oh, I hate math, ...

A Clearview Local Schools teacher has made learning math fun for students in her classroom, and she says their grades are reflecting their enthusiasm. Sally Roule, a math specialist at Vincent ...

Think about the so-called "story problems" you studied in algebra and other math classes. How many of them dealt with, say, two trains which, no matter how far they traveled, could never catch your ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. People enjoy watching and participating in a range of leisure activities. Some folks’ game is basketball. Many ...

On Saturday morning, math and Eagles mania collided inside a classroom at St. James School. Atiyah Harmon, an educator since 2002, led the class, and students confidently calculated their predictions ...

Though many teens wince when it is time for math class and math homework, 16-year-old Kemiya smiles her warm, trademark smile and looks forward to those assignments. “I want people to know that I am ...

In February, Luther hosted the 30th annual Iowa Collegiate Math Competition (ICMC). Hosting the event is an honor, since its host is determined by teams that did well the previous year (congrats to ...

On a recent morning in Henderson, the hallways at Coral Academy of Science echoed with the sounds of math instructor Hikmet Erdogan yelling at his students. “The circumference!” he bellowed. “I need ...

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