How do children learn math? It's shaped by what they know as well as their motivation and engagement. Historically, research ...

In discussions of progressive and constructivist teaching practices, math is often the odd subject out. Teachers and schools that are capable of creating real-world, contextualized, project-based ...

At the beginning of a recent math class, students spent six minutes discussing a topic they knew well: themselves. What’s their favorite food? Answers came in English and Spanish—“todo” (everything), ...

Math education can be difficult—for students and teachers. Those difficulties are often magnified when students have learning disabilities such as dyscalculia that can make it difficult to learn math ...

The Heising-Simons Foundation has awarded an 18-month, $500,000 research and development grant to the Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children to advance early math learning for children and ...

Study shows improvement in students' attitudes and test scores after teachers change their own mindset—and instruction—around math. Like a lot of students, many elementary school teachers dread math ...

I remember the day in ninth grade algebra when I asked my math teacher the question most students ask: When would I ever use y=mx+b in my “real life?” He did not provide a compelling answer. Like many ...

Making math magical for little learners Early numeracy skills lay the foundation for lifelong math success, and research shows playful, hands-on activities make the biggest impact. From counting beads ...

A group of young women who had graduated from high school between 1997 and 2006 sat at the front of the room crying and laughing about their experiences learning math at Railside High (a research ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Learning math isn’t easy for everyone, especially during a pandemic with virtual learning and less one-on-one attention from teachers. As College Park Elementary School ...

In California and across the country, English learners are too frequently an afterthought. Though they are one of the largest student groups — California has more than 1 million students who are ...