Galileo once famously described the universe as a great book “written in mathematical language and its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometrical figures.” Unfortunately, it’s a language ...

Jody Nolf is an associate language and literacy specialist at Vista Higher Learning. For more than 20 years, she taught English and reading to middle and high school students. Six years ago, she ...

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Nearly 400 years ago, Galileo asserted that the universe was open to discovery, but only if one first understood the language in which it was written. The language of discovery, maintained Galileo, ...

Young children have a surprising capacity to learn math from their surroundings. It doesn’t take much, and they hear and use math language all the time without realizing it. When they ask for snacks, ...

It’s a complaint many algebra teachers are familiar with, as more letters and symbols are introduced with progressively harder courses in mathematics. But why did the plus symbol emerge as the ...

GRASS LAKE, MI - Math teachers were some of Lisa Malmo’s biggest inspirations growing up. Now she strives to bring that same motivation to her own students. Malmo, 54, has spent her entire 25-year ...

Ever thought your language-learning app could teach you math and music, too? Language-learning giant Duolingo (NASDAQ: DUOL) is running with that idea on the very eve of a Street-stumping earnings ...

Being a teacher doesn’t mean guiding one person, it means finding a way to equally educate dozens of children with different backgrounds, and possibly languages. Middle school math teacher Amanda Yost ...

Cindy Garcia has been a bilingual educator for 17 years and is currently a districtwide specialist for bilingual/ESL mathematics. She is active on Twitter @CindyGarciaTX and on her blog: One of the ...