Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Math problems take on new meaning in this class that combines rhymes and verse with math instruction. ra2studio via Getty Images I ...

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 ...

Children’s poet laureate Lewis turns poems from Whitman, Frost, Lear, and more into story problems (poetry problems?) to comically absurd effect. Inspired by Dickinson, Lewis writes, “My book closed ...

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Aimed at kids drawn to math, poetry, irreverence or any combination thereof, J. Patrick Lewis's latest collection has fun with famous verse by adding numerical twists. Each poem is a math brainteaser, ...

uncommon courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. I have always enjoyed writing poetry. As a high school mathematics teacher, I ...