Using words like ‘factors,’ ‘denominators’ and ‘multiples’ may be part of a constellation of good math teaching practices ...

A typical 8th grade math textbook includes just a handful of real-world problems for students to solve, finds a new international study. And that’s not enough, according to William Schmidt, ...

Extra math homework? No kid wants that—but it might be necessary to get addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and other pesky skills to stick. If your child is struggling with all things ...

Duolingo has risen to prominence over the past decade with its language learning app offering people around the world a low-cost or free option to learn dozens of languages. With a reported 500 ...

Earlier this month, Barbara Oakley, engineering professor at Oakland University and author of “Learning How to Learn" published an opinion piece called "Make Your Daughter Practice Math. She'll Thank ...

A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...

Hundreds of ETH students attend lectures on the basics of mathematics every year. And these - for example integrating - often have to be practiced a lot before they can be mastered. The two ...

To measure the effectiveness of Monkey Tales, a study was carried out with 88 second grade pupils divided into three groups. One group was asked to play the game for a period of three weeks while the ...

Young children who practice visual working memory and reasoning tasks improve their math skills more than children who focus on spatial rotation exercises, according to a large study. The findings ...

Math anxiety is one of the few student fears that travels across classrooms, cities, and abilities. It appears in ...

Educational Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 31, No. 1/2, Socio-Cultural Approaches to Mathematics Teaching and Learning (Sep., 1996), pp. 175-200 (26 pages) A variety of researchers in the last fifteen ...