A growing number of teachers are speaking out about a troubling trend they say they’re seeing in classrooms: students ...
This article was originally published in The Hechinger Report. ASTON, Pa.— In Jodie Murphy’s kindergarten class, math lessons go beyond the basics of counting and recognizing numbers. On a recent ...
"Immature parents who are always on their phones and have no idea how to interact with a child, too much screen time, no ...
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 ...
Using words like ‘factors,’ ‘denominators’ and ‘multiples’ may be part of a constellation of good math teaching practices.
(The Conversation) – When Frances E. Anderson saw the latest math scores for America’s fourth- and eighth-graders, she was hardly surprised that they had dropped. Until recently – including the period ...
Playing number board games for just ten minutes helps young children build strong early math skills supporting economic ...
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Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to ...