Mathematics is often thought of as a subject that a student either understands or doesn't, with little in between. In reality, mathematics encompasses a wide variety of skills and concepts. Although ...

Elementary math isn't taught the same way it was when we were kids. Here's how to help your child succeed with their math ...

Re “Dismal student test scores deserve boos, not cheers” (Oct. 17): I taught sixth-grade math for 24 years and found that the biggest impediment to teaching at that level was that so many students had ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A good estimate of a child’s attention span is a couple of minutes for every year of age, Kent State’s Adonia Porto said. So, for example, for a one-year old, it would be two ...

Few elementary education programs give future teachers enough exposure to foundational math concepts, like number sense and algebraic reasoning, before they reach the classroom. That’s the upshot of a ...

Hundreds of University of California (UC) faculty signed an open letter Tuesday demanding a return to mandatory mathematical ...