My sixth-grader and several of her classmates recently joined an organization I'd never heard of until this year—the Future Problem Solving Program (FPSP). As I watched her team compete this June at ...

From decoding secret languages to managing time under pressure, puzzle games can do more than entertain—they can sharpen memory, problem-solving, and critical thinking. Titles like Blue Prince, Portal ...

Choose one day in a week that is just for creating a maze in your children’s room. You can make it out of pillows, toys or even chairs. It is important that you let your child find its own way through ...

Math games offer an engaging route for young children to develop early numeracy skills while enjoying the process. From board games to digital play, these activities encourage counting, number ...

Math Forum staffer seeks to help students understand and excel at math. The Math Forum‘s Max Ray has authored a new book, Powerful Problem-Solving: Activities for Making Sense with the Mathematical ...

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 ...

Transfer of math, physics, and communication skills into the entry-level photonics workforce, NSF Award 1432578, Sept 2014 – Aug 2019 Exploring factors that shape education & workplace training on ...

In my last post (Video Games, Problem-Solving and Self-Efficacy - Part 1), I talked about how games are just one part of the changing media environment that creates new assumptions and expectations ...

No matter how well a couple gets along, communicating and decision-making take time and effort. Even partners who share the same values and styles face challenges on where to spend their time, money, ...

While you are in a waiting room at doctors, or when your child isn’t sleepy enough you can always play game “I spy with my little eye…”. You imagine one object from the room and you just say the first ...