Many students who lacked hands-on, in-person teachings due to the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns and school closures are now struggling with basic math at the college level ...

Following historic math declines on the Nation’s Report Card in 2022, a quarter of 4th graders and more than a third of 8th graders cannot meet basic math benchmarks, and researchers estimate on ...

Nearly a quarter of 4th graders could not meet basic math achievement on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress. Before the pandemic, U.S. 4th graders had held steady in both numbers ...

The great mathematician and math educator Lynn Steen said “Mathematics is the science of patterns”. Patterns are the building blocks of mathematics. We need to start there in our curriculum, with our ...

A new theory regarding how the brain first learns basic math could alter approaches to identifying and teaching students with math learning disabilities. Now researchers offer a better ...

Instead, the schools are seeking approval to teach things such as basic math and social studies. “It’s unreal for a district to have to do that,” Lewis told Phoenix New Times.

Washington’s 10-year-old I-BEST program is a groundbreaking approach to teaching community-college students who need help catching up in math, reading and writing, and it’s been widely copied ...

Math has never been my strong suit. I opted out of it at every turn, particularly in college, where I enrolled in linguistics to fulfill my quantitative reasoning requirement. I even tried to ...

The popular language learning app is betting that its gems, streaks and leaderboards will teach elementary school children—and adults—basic math. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip Featured ...

In Boston public schools, 3, 4 and 5-year-olds are getting their first introduction to math. Before they walk through the kindergarten door, the “Building Blocks” curriculum is designed to ...