“To teach well, you should pay careful attention to what an assignment will make students think about,” Willingham advises, “because that is what they will remember.” It’s a sentence that has made me ...

Doing repetitive computational problems for just a few minutes a day can help students grow their math muscles—and their ...

Word problems try and tell students a story about the math problem in front of them. They are a useful way to connect abstract numbers to concrete situations, so students can learn early on to apply ...

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to add, starting with ...

Segue Institute for Learning teacher Cassandra Santiago introduces a lesson on word problems to her first graders one spring afternoon. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

In recent decades, K-12 math education has evolved significantly, shifting from rote memorization to fostering conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills. Achievement First (AF), a network of ...

Elementary school students throughout our region and across the state are taking part in the 10th annual ‘Remake Learning ...

Farley Elementary students were among those putting their math skills to the test during a district-wide competition.

Leaders in Innovative Thought is a campus-wide initiative that encourages students to leverage their unique gifts and ...