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

In Boston public schools, 3, 4 and 5-year-olds are getting their first introduction to math. Before they walk through the kindergarten door, the “Building Blocks” curriculum is designed to encourage ...

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It is hard to believe, but science tells us that 80% of brain growth occurs by age three. That brain growth is critical to kindergarten, school, and career and life success. Understanding basic math ...

The future elementary school teachers that Mark Montgomery works with at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, share a common fear: Most of them are “extremely anxious” about math.

Preschool children need to be able to go beyond the number three to grasp the true concept of counting, according to researchers. "We think that seeing that there are three objects doesn't have to ...

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Little kids are looking at a lot of dots these days. The theory behind this increasingly popular practice is that an effective way to teach counting might be by … not counting. That’s the ...