FIU researchers We used eye-tracking technology to understand how children solved different mental rotation problems.

Researchers tested a research-based intervention with English learners with math difficulty. The intervention proved to boost comprehension and help students synthesize and visualize information, ...

It’s a chaotic – but functional – solution to the problem. Throughout the 1960s, Piaget observed that young children rely on clunky trial-and-error methods rather than systematic strategies when ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving ...

THE USE OF problem-solving strategies by 59 deaf and hard of hearing children, grades K–3, was investigated. The children were asked to solve 9 arithmetic story problems presented to them in American ...

Minority students at risk for math difficulties (MD) struggle with word problems for various reasons beyond procedural or calculation challenges. As a result, these students require support in reading ...

Isabel Becerra is the sheltered-instruction facilitator for the multilingual programs department in the Garland ISD in Texas. She was born in Bolivia and has been an educator since 1992. She is a ...

I'm in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother's bag in search of fruit snacks. The contents spill onto the table, bench and floor. It's a chaotic—but functional—solution to the problem.