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 ...

Every now and again, homework takes social media by storm. Sometimes it’s a young child’s vexing assignment, or a classic brain teaser. But the problem above that’s stirred such debate is really just ...

Take the pressure off of problem-solving with engaging thinking games that encourage students to work together to find ...

Math teacher Emma Chiappetta uses a three-round exercise to help students not only recognize their errors, but also generate their own. In the procedure, she randomly separates students into groups of ...

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A controversial new movement promoting the "science of math" has come into the math establishment's crosshairs.

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to ...