Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Chinese genius flexed his mathematical prowess by solving a problem that flummoxed a team of mathematicians with Ph.D.s for four ...

In these politically correct times, it is still acceptable to use the term “Chinese math.” It’s not a negative comment about ethnic Chinese, but describes the sham logic seen in poorly thought out ...

Harvard mathematician Shing-Tung Yau says China trails the pack in his field. He's tapping money and power to change that. It was 1993 and China was bidding for the 2000 Olympics. with the country ...

China’s approach to teaching math and science differs sharply from that of the United States, concludes a report that details the Asian nation’s use of strong national standards, a logical progression ...

Via Prufrock (subscribe for free!), here’s a story about how a group of Chinese math and science teachers came into a British school for four weeks, and taught the kids there the Chinese way: 12 hours ...

British education officials expect the benefits of the Shanghai Mastery model for teaching and learning mathematics to reach about half the primary schools in the United Kingdom as a result of an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What kind of education best helps students learn math? In the province of Ontario, the most recent provincial standardized results ...

Teachers today face a conundrum: they lack the hours needed to help students master requisite proficiencies. This burden is amplified for those teaching language immersion classes. Some split their ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden mathematical secret inside the leaves of the Chinese money plant: a naturally occurring ...

An unsolvable Chinese math exam question has left the Internet slightly bemused, but others are hailing its approach to critical thinking. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in ...