At number 7 on our list of math problem-solving activities for middle school we have the following problem – three sailors were stuck on a deserted island that was also home to a hoard of monkeys. The ...

Next up on the list of math problem-solving activities for middle school follows – over a five-day span, a wild dog ate a total of 105 nuts. Each day, the dog devoured eight more nuts than he had on ...

Educators in the Sweet Home School District hope that a new cornerstone task in their math classes will provide an answer to the age-old student question: "When will I ever use this?" The School Board ...

These student-constructed problems foster collaboration, communication, and a sense of ownership over learning.

Richard Rusczyk, founder of Art of Problem Solving, has a vision for bringing “joyous, beautiful math” — and problem-solving — to classrooms everywhere. When Richard Rusczyk became interested in math ...

The designers for Monte Vista Elementary School’s proposed outdoor classroom had some key questions to answer: What materials could they use while staying under the district’s $10,000 budget? How much ...

There are all sorts of apps available in the market these days, and some of them are immensely useful. Like the apps we’ll talk about in these articles. These apps allow you to solve math problems by ...

Group work is a time-tested strategy in many classrooms, but educators are starting to rethink how to evaluate these projects not just on the content students learn, but the skills they hone to work ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Math teachers have to accommodate high school students' different approaches to problem-solving. RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The ...