I apparently owe a lot to my 9th grade math teacher. Every Friday, Mr. Smith would have the class play a game. He would write a series of numbers on the board, and the goal was to use basic math to ...

New research provides brain imaging evidence that students well-versed in very basic single digit arithmetic (5+2=7 or 7-3=4) are better equipped to score higher on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude ...

The release of scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress showing that American students lost historic ground in basic math and literacy skills during the pandemic has generated three ...

A growing number of teachers are speaking out about a troubling trend they say they’re seeing in classrooms: students ...

Managing your financial life involves some basic math skills. Nothing terribly complicated, and it's stuff you probably learned by sixth grade. Here is a quick sample of a few items on the survey from ...

Psychologists have identified the beginning of first grade math skills that teachers and parents should target to effectively improve children's later math learning. Psychologists at the University of ...

The days of math drilling and rewriting multiplication facts over and over are over. As a teacher, I look to the Internet for resources to recommend for math practice and tutoring. There are a wealth ...

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

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I apparently owe a lot to my 9th grade math teacher. Every Friday, Mr. Smith would have the class play a game. He would write a series of numbers on the board, and the goal was to use basic math to ...