One thing both sides of the math-wars debate should agree on is this: Educators can set high standards, but the higher standards only help students if the students have a base of knowledge from which ...

The new state policy of requiring algebra in the eighth grade will set up unprepared students for failure while holding back others with solid math skills, a new report has concluded. These ...

Non-classical logics, encompassing modal, intuitionistic, fuzzy and other alternative logical systems, have increasingly benefitted from an algebraic treatment that elucidates the underlying structure ...

Some local and state educators are dismayed over the state board of education’s recent decision that, three years from now, will effectively require California students to take Algebra I in eighth ...

Any of us who have ever been in a math classroom know that too many kids lack fundamental arithmetic skills. It is extraordinarily difficult to teach students more advanced skills when their ability ...

1. When multiplying, ADD the indices \(a^3 \times a^2 = a^5\) \(2^3 \times 2^2 = 2^5 = 32\) 2. When dividing, SUBTRACT the indices \(a^5 \div a^2 = a^3\) \(3^5 \div 3^2 = 3^3 = 27\) 3. When the power ...