Using words like ‘factors,’ ‘denominators’ and ‘multiples’ may be part of a constellation of good math teaching practices.

If you are a math teacher in 2025, you have likely had The Conversation in the faculty lounge. It usually goes something like this:"I assigned a worksheet on qu ...

The expert: Danica McKellar, a UCLA summa cum laude math grad, co-author of the Chayes-McKellar-Winn math proof (research proving an original math theorem) and spokeswoman for the St. Jude Children’s ...