The world's oldest known botanical art, from the Halafian culture of northern Mesopotamia around 6000 BCE, hides fascinating ...

Introduction: Analytical thinking, which involves deeply understanding and dissecting information, is crucial in today’s data-rich society. In education, it develops students’ ability to think deeply, ...

Mathematical thinking is crucial in all areas of computer science: algorithms, bioinformatics, computer graphics, data science, machine learning, etc. In this course, we will learn the most important ...

Mathematics education often focuses heavily on computational skills and formula memorization, missing opportunities to develop the logical reasoning and pattern recognition abilities that make ...

Abstract: This paper reports on research into the development of mathematical thinking skills using practical modelling activities. An action research group of 12 teachers from six secondary schools ...

Humans are born to do math, and they have the brain infrastructure to prove it—including a cluster of specialized nerve cells for processing numbers. Despite this dedicated cluster, mathematical ...

Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia Research into the nature of numeracy and numeracy practice has typically been focused on ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In this recasting, mathematics isn’t just about solving problems, but about figuring ...