A university report found a sharp rise in first-year students lacking high school math proficiency. At UCSD, where more than ...

The designers for Monte Vista Elementary School’s proposed outdoor classroom had some key questions to answer: What materials could they use while staying under the district’s $10,000 budget? How much ...

A nontraditional teaching strategy is also helping teens at the southern Utah school connect with their fellow classmates.

From classrooms to kitchen tables, debates about math education are never far away. Should teachers drill multiplication facts or encourage creative strategies to solve problems? The answer, ...

You can adapt the curriculum you have to create rich tasks that invite reasoning and build students’ problem-solving skills.

Wendy Monroy is a Mathematics Coach for the Los Angeles Unified School District in Los Angeles, California and is a member of the Instructional Leadership Corps, a collaboration among the California ...

The power of mathematical thinking lies in its ability to cultivate problem-solving skills essential for success in the 21st century. Mathematical thinking goes beyond memorisation of formulas and ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A mental math system developed in the 1800's is helping some local students ace standardized tests and win math competitions. But the method isn't taught in most Houston schools.

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Here's the thing about math that nobody tells you: it's less about memorizing formulas and more about knowing which tools to reach for. By fourteen, students should have a problem-solving toolkit that ...