Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections between Mathematics and Literature; by Sarah Hart; Flatiron; 290 pp., $29.99 In Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections between Mathematics and ...

“Call me Ishmael.” This has to be one of the most famous opening sentences in all of literature, and I'm embarrassed to say that - until quite recently - I didn't get beyond it. “Moby-Dick” was, for ...

In the opinion piece, “Why Doctoral Programs Should Require Courses on Pedagogy” (The Chronicle, March 16), Benjamin Rifkin, Rebecca S. Natow, Nicholas P. Salter, and Shayla Shorter suggest that ...

One of the most stubborn stereotypes in modern culture is that of the oddball math genius—the rumpled savant too busy manipulating abstruse symbols to cope with daily life. This image is usually ...

ALBANY — More requirements for math as early as kindergarten and teaching a greater understanding of literature are among new standards for New York’s public schools to be in place by the 2011-12 ...

So said my Grade 12 math teacher with a certainty that led me away from math and toward humanities for the rest of my life. In more recent years, I might have had the gumption to reply: “Are you sure ...

A new novel by author Nicole Wachell combines story with art, an interactive website and a math concept known as Pascal’s Triangle. The book, “A Right Amount of Brilliance,” is about two university ...

Math is at play in every sphere of our lives, from recipes to internet security to the electoral college. But that reality can be hard to convey through the drills, static numbers and strict rules ...

A large body of literature exists that examines teacher quality characteristics and the relationship of indicators of those characteristics to teacher effectiveness. This existing research literature ...

"Mungwa," which broadly refers to studies in the liberal arts in Korea, is crumbling due to a sharp decline in the number of students choosing to pursue a career in the humanities, the arts and social ...

“Call me Ishmael.” This has to be one of the most famous opening sentences in all of literature, and I’m embarrassed to say that — until quite recently — I didn’t get beyond it. “Moby-Dick” was, for ...