I recently published an article written by one of my colleagues, entitled Top 10 Strategies To Improve Your Math Grades. The strategies are straight-foward and apply to any level of math. The author, Jason Gibson, draws on his experience as an...

The question students ask generation after generation is "Why do we need to learn this math?" They ask it because they really don't see the need to learn a given topic, to bust the teacher's chops, and because they truly want an answer. I doubt the...

Last month I had a medical procedure done. The anesthesiologist was trying to relax me by asking about my work. When I mentioned my math site, he said he knew of it from his children. After the procedure, he looked at Math Goodies with my husband....

Over the last year or so I have been reading many articles about teen sleep patterns and how they impact on their performance in school. I remember all too well how tired I was in junior high and high school. So I finally took the plunge and wrote an...

Well, it's back to school already. My, how time flies! It's good to see math teachers have returned. In that vein, I created some teaching tips and ideas for the latest issue of my newsletter. I got some positive feedback from teachers and parents...