Fractions are a difficult math concept for many children to learn, but pairing lessons with basketball may offer some help.

A missed shot turned into a math problem, and that shift appears to have mattered. In an eight-week program linking ...

A dribble and a jump shot, followed by a fractions task. That is what physical education classes looked like for a group of pupils, and the pupils not only found the lessons more engaging than ...

A MassChallenge finalist has come up with a novel way to teach kids math: basketball. NBA Math Hoops is a board game designed like a basketball court on which students use cards with NBA and WNBA ...

DENVER – Denver metro area kids who love basketball are learning how much math is involved in their favorite sport. They're realizing this through a board game called NBA Math Hoops. "This idea of ...

Richelle Jones and Alesandra Francis, sixth-graders at Dwight School, both hated math until they started a new after-school pilot program in January called Sportsometry. Every Wednesday, they learn ...