The problem, the study suggests, is that there’s no bridge between math learned in school and math encountered in real-life ...

In middle and high school courses, it’s really difficult to connect math to the real world, says Lindsey Henderson, policy director of math for the nonprofit ExcelinEd. Students plug away at tough ...

Football, fashion and the Olympics are being used in new "real-life" lesson plans intended to keep England's teenagers interested in maths. The government acknowledges "major problems" in the early ...

It wasn’t always this way. Many fields of mathematics germinated from the study of real world problems, before the underlying rules and concepts were identified. These rules and concepts were then ...

It showcases real-world applications of math, and how not having access to an adequate math education can impact a person’s trajectory in life. “I think, for the Aspen kids, it’s good for ...

A 'practical maths test' that looks at teenagers’ abilities to understand real-life scenarios is currently being developed by an exam board. In the test, which is being trialled by AQA, students are ...

Colin Hughes, the chief executive of AQA, has emphasised that the proposed online test is not about simplifying maths but ensuring it's applicable to real-life scenarios. He pointed out that ...

It is expected that pupils, from 14 year-olds to those in sixth-forms and further education colleges, could use a new platform to assess and improve on their real-life mathematics skills.