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Most of the training for high-level math competitions happens outside of regular school hours, as I wrote recently. But at least one teacher in Florida has found a way around that—and it’s paid off to ...

The National Council on Teacher Quality has argued that the courses offered by teacher colleges to prepare elementary math teachers are impractical, vague, and both short on math content and the ...

Elementary-level teacher preparation programs could use a significant overhaul in the area of mathematics, according to a new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality: Many leave educators ...

Countries that best prepare math teachers meet several key conditions generally lacking in the United States, according to the first international study of what teacher preparation programs are able ...

An MSU education student plays a math game with children at Sudduth Elementary School in Starkville. (Photo by Megan Bean) STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State’s undergraduate elementary teacher ...

Society is moving toward a technology driven world where most careers require some technological knowledge. This is no exception in the math department. Department Chair, Robin Roundy embraced the ...

When Eric Weber, professor and chair of mathematics at Iowa State University, talks about data science with future math teachers, he doesn't begin with code, algorithms, or buzzwords. Instead, he asks ...

Harm Derksen, mathematics professor and local supervisor for the Putnam Mathematical Competition, explains a proof during a Problem Solving Seminar yesterday. Stumped already? This is just a sampling ...

In 2024, the number of students placed in one of UC San Diego’s lowest math courses — Math 2 and Math 3B — increased from 490 ...