The divide makes it less likely that students who struggle will get access to proven strategies, researchers argue in a new ...

Imagine you’re a character in a math problem. You have three platters, but two cakes. All three platters need to have the same amount of cake. How would you split it? Without even saying the word ...

From classrooms to kitchen tables, debates about math education are never far away. Should teachers drill multiplication ...

Rote memorization is the recall of facts with repetition, without necessarily understanding. Fluency is the combination of ...

OGDEN – National Public Radio’s “math guy,” Keith Devlin, offered some fresh ideas on math to a large crowd at Weber State University’s Lind Lecture Hall. Devlin, a math professor at ...

As schools move forward, now is the time to rethink how we teach foundational math concepts to position students for success by implementing strategies we know are effective — and focusing on students ...

During the coronavirus pandemic, teachers have had to adapt their typical teaching techniques for classes that now sometimes take place online. Teachers are culling learning standards, ditching ...

The new curriculum is the grade-level math that my Algebra I students should be doing. When given the chance, so many rise to ...

FREETOWN — Learning mathematics one way for six years and then switching to another way upon entering middle school is causing difficulties for some students, Freetown School Committee member ...

Teaching math to struggling first-graders: A new study finds that its better to teach them to add and subtract the old-fashioned way. And practice a lot.