The common-core math standards require that students learn the standard algorithm for multi-digit adding and subtracting—you know, the process in which you line the numbers up vertically to add or ...

The following are three examples of calculation strategies students might discover on their own if they were taught standard algorithms first and allowed to master them before moving on. The ...

The Common Core State Standards’ emphasis on conceptual understanding in math will improve students’ problem-solving skills and ultimately help prepare them for jobs of the future, argues a new report ...

In high school, students use a deeper understanding of mathematics to solve real-world problems. While in elementary and middle school, the math skills children need to know are organized by grade ...

Purveyors of the inquiry-based and student-centered math agenda, which has persisted for more than 20 years, argue traditionally taught math has never worked for the vast majority of the nation’s ...

How would you answer this math problem: 5x3= ____? One third-grade student's answer is reigniting the debate over Common Core standards. The student was asked to use the "repeated addition strategy" ...

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Nick Storz is a government student at Patrick Henry College and an intern with the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation. John Schoof is a research associate at the Center for ...

When Zimba was first hired to help write a new set of K-12 math standards in 2009, the groups behind the Common Core — including representatives from 48 states — set very ambitious goals. The tough ...

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