Other, less enthusiastic teachers simply give up and choose to focus on the children who respond well to math classes. But primary school teachers could do well to read about the latest brain imaging ...

Your mouth is dry. Your armpits are wet. Your brain is neither dry nor wet, but seems to be leaking out your ears. You feel your vision closing to a pinprick around a jumble of symbols that might as ...

DON’T LET THE TITLE DO THE MATH. 24 OVER SEVEN FOOL YOU. IT’S NOT ABOUT THE NUMBERS. IT’S A MENTORING PROGRAM. IT’S MEANT TO EMPOWER KIDS AND HELP THOSE STUDENTS BUILD CHARACTER. KCCI MARCUS MCINTOSH ...

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One of the most hotly contested teaching practices concerns a single minute of math class. Should teachers pull out their stopwatches and administer one-page worksheets in addition, subtraction, ...

As a math educator, I often find myself in conversations with parents who tell me, "I was never good at math, so it's not surprising my son isn't good either." I've also spoken with teachers who tell ...

When most people picture math lessons, they imagine pencils, paper and desks, not sugar-water rewards and tiny mazes. But one group of cognitive scientists isn't teaching arithmetic or calculus to ...

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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 ...