One of the most hotly contested teaching practices concerns a single minute of math class. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift Should teachers pull out their stopwatches and administer one-page ...

At the tender age of 7, while most kids were learning to ride bikes and play video games, Natalia was pondering early principles of multiplication and algebra two hours per week in her Russian math ...

Adults are often intimidated by math, and they can easily pass that attitude on to their children. To counter this, some schools are holding events to bust misconceptions and get adults on board with ...

Current research indicates that mathematical skills at the kindergarten and primary levels are a strong indicator of how your child will perform later in life. By allowing children to focus on problem ...

It’s a common scenario in many households: A child’s struggle with their math homework quickly becomes a frustration for their parents, too. A child wrestles with a problem. His mom, trying to help, ...

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Math is all around us: the music you listen to, the vehicles you drive and even the food you bake can all be represented mathematically. But for most kids - and many adults - the word math evokes ...

In education circles, early literacy — such as ensuring all children are reading by third grade — gets a lot of attention, and rightfully so. Early reading skills have been shown to have a profound ...

Math scores in the US have been so bad for so long that teachers could be forgiven for trying anything to improve them. Unfortunately, many of the strategies they’re using could be making things worse ...