To learn math, students must build a mental toolbox of facts and procedures needed for different problems. But students who can recall these foundational facts in isolation often struggle to use them ...

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These four classroom shifts can make academic risk-taking feel safer, clearer, and more worthwhile for middle school students ...

A study by economists shows a wide gap between the kinds of math problems kids who work in retail markets do well and the kinds of problems kids in school do well. In India, many kids who work in ...

This article was originally published in The Texas Tribune. DALLAS — In Eran McGowan’s math class, students try to teach each other. If a student is brave enough to share how they solved a math ...

Do your children love to go online, but not always to kids’ websites? Online learning websites for kids are a great way to ...

What's the best way for children to learn arithmetic—memorizing number values and multiplication tables, or studying math at a deeper, conceptual level? Educators have long debated the merits of these ...

Math. It’s been known to make palms sweat and hearts race. Plenty of Kern County residents — students and parents especially — know how it feels to need a little extra help with the day’s math ...

DALLAS — In Eran McGowan’s math class, students try to teach each other. If a student is brave enough to share how they solved a math problem, they stand up in front of the other third graders and say ...