To understand why classrooms look so different today, it helps to trace how teaching methods have evolved. From the rise of ...

Here's why math fact fluency matters, and what we know from research about teaching strategies and timed exercises.

Singapore math was developed by that Southeast Asian country’s Ministry of Education decades ago. It is a teaching style that ...

As was the case in the nineteen-nineties math wars, much of the early work will focus on deploying technology, studying how students learn, and addressing racial and economic achievement gaps.

Mathematics is not a “neutral” subject — cultural biases exist. A shift to more equitable teaching looks like teachers drawing on students’ knowledge, and students generating lots of ...

Critics say timed drills aren’t useful and instead provoke math anxiety in many children. The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics urges teachers to “avoid” timed tests. But advocates insist ...

Numbers were like hummingbirds that zipped through the skyline of my consciousness before I could understand their purpose.

Dr. Abby Rocha, an assistant professor of mathematics at Central College in Pella, published an article this week on how teachers learn math.

Bill Gates says America has a math problem. Here are his three suggestions to help kids learn to love the subject like he does.

A few years after the state began to push schools to adopt a new, systematic way to teach kids how to read, Louisiana education officials want to try a similar “back-to-basics" approach to math ...

On face value, 100 and 200 level classes appear approachable for students who simply want an introduction to a field. I wanted to learn linear algebra! I had the correct prerequisite knowledge to do ...

As her 7th graders wrapped up the school year this past spring, Louisiana math teacher Lerinda Baham was finishing a class of her own—a 50-hour teacher training in middle school math. With the ...