Understanding and solving environmental challenges increasingly requires a combination of expertise from across multiple disciplines. This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program ...

Math classrooms shifted over time to the discovery model. Not suddenly, and not without good intentions. There was a ...

Ideas matter, but execution matters more. That’s why almost every successful person — in whatever way they choose to define “success” — are great problem-solvers. Success requires solving difficult ...

New research from the University of Kansas has found that an intervention based on the science of reading and math effectively helped English learners boost their comprehension, visualize and ...

New resources from the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) are intended to help K-12 educators, including parents homeschooling their children, plan their science lessons. “Now, more than ...

Researchers have developed a new, data-driven machine-learning technique that speeds up software programs used to solve complex optimization problems that can have millions of potential solutions.

Problem-solving therapy (PST) helps individuals manage stress by breaking down challenges into practical, manageable steps. The aim of the therapy is to help people cope more confidently with ...

One of the ways we try to understand the origins of human intelligence is by looking at its equivalents elsewhere in the animal world. But doing so turns out to be more complicated than it might seem.