Math secrets

The Problems with PEMDAS (and a solution)+

If you’re on Facebook, you’ve probably seen one of a variety of graphics like the one below: The idea is...

Photo courtesy of jin.thai When I do interviews or speak to groups about math, one of the things I worry...

Photo courtesy of theunquietlibrarian In redesigning my blog, I’ve read a lot of the posts I’ve written over the last...

In my interview with painter, Samantha Hand, she mentioned something called the Rule of Thirds. I’ve heard of this, but...

Photo courtesy of terren in Virginia It’s been a mere eight months since this blog launched. And it’s been only...

Every so often, at around 7:00 p.m., I’ll get a call from someone I know. ”I don’t understand my kid’s...

It’s the No. 1 question asked of math teachers: “When will I ever use this stuff?” And in terms of...

Earlier this week, I provided a guest post about math anxiety and kids for Imp3rfect Mom. I wasn’t surprised to...

All summer long, we’ve seen some pretty amazing research on math ability and education. We’ve been told that understanding geometric concepts...

A couple of weeks ago, a fellow freelance writer wrote me about her foray into graduate school. She needed to...