What prompted the idea for the course? I have always enjoyed writing poetry. As a high school mathematics teacher, I recall telling my students that everything is and can be connected to math, even ...

This post originally appeared on Last Word on Nothing. April is Mathematics Awareness Month. April is also National Poetry Month. Coincidence? Yep, almost definitely. But it’s also an opportunity: I’d ...

Reading poetry to learn math? On a recent afternoon, students at Darlington Elementary School did just that as children’s author Greg Tang used rhymes, puzzles and games aimed at making it easier to ...

Cohen, who has taught mathematics at the City College of New York, Drexel University, Widener University and Philadelphia University, says that as a child, “I never thought that I would be a writer,” ...

Artists and poets have long been inspired by the mathematical patterns found in nature—for instance, the remarkable fact that a sunflower's seeds follow the Fibonacci sequence. But there are myriad ...

Take a look at three hilarious and heart-breaking poems from the book of verses on historical women in STEM A librarian at Colorado College, Jessy Randall, 54 would often pore through books on ...

The journal aims to stimulate reflection on mathematics education at all levels, and promote study of its practices and its theories: to generate productive discussion; to encourage enquiry and ...

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