My Demographer project was the first unit my students completed this year, so it took some adjustment getting used to it. “We have to do projects in math?,” several students asked incredulously.

We think of project-based learning as a way for students to learn how to make connections and solve problems. The main difference between math and other subjects is that we primarily use numbers ...

Returning to older math processes and ideas when introducing new material also works to lessen anxiety about the new learning. While teaching synthetic division to his Algebra 2 class, for example, ...

A new study shows that creating an environment in which math is part of everyday life, can help kids do better in the subject.