For decades, many students have sat in math classes wondering when they will ever use the lessons they are learning in real ...

A movement to help students understand rather than memorize has had sprawling effects, including pushback on teaching methods ...

Word problems try and tell students a story about the math problem in front of them. They are a useful way to connect abstract numbers to concrete situations, so students can learn early on to apply ...

Segue Institute for Learning teacher Cassandra Santiago introduces a lesson on word problems to her first graders one spring afternoon. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

Students in Kristen Gonsoir’s classroom at Groton Area High School in Groton, S.D., spend a lot of time solving equations together. Early this school year, they passed almost an entire period working ...

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 ...

Remember the principal who spent a night on the roof of Coolidge Elementary after daring his students to hit one million math problems? Turns out that rooftop sleepover was just the beginning.

Elementary teachers can talk with students one-on-one to probe their thinking and learn things that might be missed with traditional assessments.

In December, Ontario’s Education Quality and Accountability Office released its latest student-testing results, and delivered ...

Proposed changes to North Carolina's math standards would shake up requirements for upperclassmen in the state’s public high schools and emphasize real-world problem-solving in all grade levels. The ...

Explore the roots of math anxiety in students and discover strategies to foster confidence and understanding in mathematics.