To learn math, students must build a mental toolbox of facts and procedures needed for different problems. But students who can recall these foundational facts in isolation often struggle to use them ...
The words “enjoy” and “math” often aren’t used together by parents: In many homes, the subject instead is associated with anxiety, stress and trepidation. At a recent two-day conference on math ...
A national nonprofit that aims to improve math outcomes for students in pre-K-5 found there are four key elements to ...
How heartening to read the article, “Why Does Fact Fluency Matter in Math? 4 Educators Offer Answers ” (Dec. 7, 2023). Math fact fluency is a timely issue, as evidenced by the most recent ...
What's the best way for children to learn arithmetic—memorizing number values and multiplication tables, or studying math at a deeper, conceptual level? Educators have long debated the merits of these ...
Common Core math is getting the works from critics: It's too demanding for most kids; holds back the speedy kids; not the same as what parents already know; makes kids cry. It even promotes "fuzzy ...
Earth City, MO. — ORIGO Education, a leading provider of elementary math solutions from Pre-K to Grade 6, is thrilled to announce the launch of ORIGO Intervention Essentials, an innovative program ...
The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress just painted a dismal picture of math performance in America’s schools, continuing to show more than a decade of stagnation.
The article was updated on July 10 to clarify the section about rewording and eliminating cited research. The State Board of Education is poised to approve a nearly 1,000-page guidance for math ...