Laura Jackson became seriously concerned about her daughter and math when the girl was in third grade. While many of her classmates flew through multiplication tests, Jackson's daughter relied on her ...

Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify how University of Colorado researchers handle their data collection. A student digs into a math problem that references his favorite superhero, ...

Writing lesson plans has traditionally been a big part of a teacher’s job. But this doesn’t mean they should be starting from a blank slate. Ideally, teachers are supposed to base their lessons on the ...

All were enrolled in their first math education unit. We asked them to recount a negative and positive experience with math at school. Many described feelings of shame and hopelessness. These feelings ...

In discussions of progressive and constructivist teaching practices, math is often the odd subject out. Teachers and schools that are capable of creating real-world, contextualized, project-based ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Math teacher Telannia Norfar once passed out graphs showing racial demographics of prison populations and asked students what they ...

For many individuals, growing uncomfortable with mathematics often starts in early childhood when they receive a worksheet with numbers on it. At this point in life, there may be feelings of panic, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Jackie Mader, The Hechinger Report Laura Jackson became seriously concerned about her daughter and math when the girl was in third grade. While many of ...