Using words like ‘factors,’ ‘denominators’ and ‘multiples’ may be part of a constellation of good math teaching practices ...

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The 24-year-old’s perfectly pressed lavender shirt remains unruffled as he slides around the room, darting in and out of the clusters of desks. He doesn’t quiet the students. He enlivens them. He ...

If you are used to writing software for modern machines, you probably don’t think much about computing something like one divided by three. Modern computers handle floating point quite well. However, ...

Explore the roots of math anxiety in students and discover strategies to foster confidence and understanding in mathematics.

Recently Colin Walls had an article on this site about floating point math. Once it was common for embedded engineers to scoff at floats; many have told me they have no place in this space. That’s ...