“Because we do so much multi-step problem solving, and we’re doing two-step word problems, if they’re spending 10-15 minutes trying to figure out what 9x7 is, they’re doing a lot of extra work, or ...

Fourth grade math teachers who took content-intensive professional development improved their own general math knowledge, but those gains did not trickle down to students, according to a federal study ...

Naomi Brandstetter, a fifth-grade student at Jefferson-Morgan Elementary School, had a long list of reasons Monday why Maddie ...

Tracy Johnston Zager, a 4th grade math teacher from Washington state, has become a rock star among teachers, including many in California, for her advice on how to teach math. Some are adding photos ...

SYRACUSE — In a regular assembly about kindness students at Franklin Elementary School in Syracuse were asked a different question. How would they feel if they came here from a different country? A ...

RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. — For 10 years Sarah Remery has been in the classroom teaching math, but before she even earned a degree, she was gathering cousins and friends to play school. "Very early on I ...

Veteran teacher Courtney Phillips discovered that math can be taught in an engaging way through the ancient game of mahjong, ...

In fourth grade, students focus most on using all four operations - addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division - to solve multi-step word problems involving multi-digit numbers. Fourth-grade ...

Elementary-level teacher preparation programs could use a significant overhaul in the area of mathematics, according to a new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality: Many leave educators ...