Archive for the ‘Learning mathematics’ Category

What's the best way to present math so color blind people can read it?

Displaying posters of math mistakes can actually help students to learn.

Not all pizza gets sliced neatly through the middle. How can we ensure a fair distribution of slice area?

Obama pledges big money for science and math education.

There could be many new job opportunities for those with math skills.

How many students do math homework on the weekends? What caused this spike in search traffic?

The abacus is a useful tool for helping blind people to learn math.

There's more than one way to remember the sine, cosine and tangent ratios.

An exasperating customer in a towel store just doesn't get it.

Here's an example where some constructivism would have helped Monica's understanding.