Chris Rogers, an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, was recently awarded a grant by the Division of Mathematical Sciences in the National Science Foundation. The work ...

Students focus on engineering problem solving. They learn the design process, with an emphasis on graphics and documentation. A student’s mathematics placement is determined by the Department of ...

THERE are prodigies — children who have an inexplicable, innate ability to perform virtuoso mental, artistic or physical feats — but for the vast majority of human beings, acquiring skills is a more ...

The building blocks of mathematical understanding start to form very early in life, as do the fundamentals of reading, but experts say that informal “math through play” approaches alone don’t add up ...

What mathematical knowledge do elementary teachers use in teaching? About 10 years ago, Deborah Ball and her colleagues at Michigan State University carried out a research project to address this ...

There is one place, not far from here, where among the halls of a local school, math is actually becoming a fun and exciting subject. “Students tell me that they look forward to Math Club and now ...