Quantitative literacy, the ability to interpret numerical data in the context of everyday life, is increasingly important, says Bernard L. Madison, a professor of mathematics at the University of ...

Stellar athletes, successful entrepreneurs, and motivational speakers like to say that pressure makes diamonds. The higher the stakes and the harder the circumstances, the thinking goes, the more ...

Maths teaching has come a long way since the days when students learnt sets of rules by rote and then applied them. Today there is a stronger focus on problem solving, investigative tasks and ...