Archive for the ‘Learning mathematics’ Category

A reader shares her struggles as she tries to self-study mathematics. Finding meaning (as opposed to understanding) was important for her.

Here's a computer-based mathematics learning system that gets students to obtain a good visual concept of mathematics before using number, symbols or language.

Why are there so many under-performing Australians in the literacy, numeracy and problem solving domains?

A reader asked why we have to study math since it is so boring.

A statistics student wrote to me and asked for some career advice.

A recent IntMath poll indicates that the majority of students feel that math will be useful to them in their future careers.

Some myths about girls in math and science are discussed in a LiveScience article.

Danica McKellar is best known for her TV roles, but did you know she has published a mathematics paper and written a math advice book?

How much math and science should we learn? This report provides food for thought.

The development of 'Singapore Math' has been interesting to watch - from within Singapore.