While educators and policymakers debate whether 8th graders can be readied to learn algebra, Sigrid B. Frawley sits in front of her kindergartners with a magic bag. She puts three tokens in the bag ...

In what some math experts are calling “the latest evidence that teaching algebra differently works,” a new study co-authored by an instructor at Everett Community College underscores the importance of ...

Can students learn basic algebra concepts in just two hours if those concepts are presented as a fun, interactive game? That’s the idea behind the Story Problem Challenge, an online, interactive game ...

LAS CRUCES - Researchers at New Mexico State University are looking at how fourth- and fifth-grade students can better understand early algebra concepts after using educational video games developed ...

A popular humorist and avowed mathphobe once declared that in real life, there’s no such thing as algebra. Kathie Wilson knows better. Most of the students in her 8th grade class will be thrust into ...

Jesse Schell is, perhaps, the top educational game designer in the business right now. A few months ago I asked him what his favorite educational game was. After a brief pause, he replied, “DragonBox ...

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Math students at Green Mountain High School (GMHS) are getting hands-on experience in their AMPED on Algebra class. It’s a math program that has all the objectives of a traditional ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (CNN) — In an op-ed in Sunday’s New York ...

If you are like most adults in this country, it's likely that you don't have particularly fond associations with algebra. Algebra is often considered an academic "gateway," which really means "most ...

Indiana high school students enroll in college at a lower rate than elsewhere in the nation and enrollment among lower-income students in the state is lower still. Many students in Indiana lack access ...

President Obama earlier this year announced a new initiative, “Computer Science for All,” to empower a generation of American students with the computing skills they need to thrive in a digital ...