Have you ever tried to help a child with their third-grade math homework, only to find yourself stumped? You're not alone. Many adults are surprised to discover that some of the math concepts taught ...

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Cognitive overload can create a bottleneck during math lessons, but there are simple strategies to clear up students’ brain space for complex problem-solving.

Americans think schools need to teach math skills to prepare students for future success—but they don’t always agree on which skills are the most crucial, and the subject stirs up complicated emotions ...

Students, parents and school principals all instinctively know that some teachers are better than others. Education researchers have spent decades trying — with mixed success — to calculate exactly ...

(Ben is right, but it's hard to explain in just a tweet.) College math instructor here. My thought: make sure that both baskets have the same number of fruit. You could do this by adding 3 oranges and ...

York College aims to bring out the best potential their students have and believes that enriching their lives through education is the way to achieve that. This institution is known because of their ...

Like many students around the world, Eithne, 14, in Chorley, United Kingdom, was struggling to keep up in math at school after more than a year of COVID-19 related disruptions. In June 2021, her ...

Teachers can use these tools to promote discussions and help students move from concrete to abstract understanding of concepts.