The divide makes it less likely that students who struggle will get access to proven strategies, researchers argue in a new ...

We know the struggle with mathematics—for both teachers and students—all too well. Students’ math scores, as per the “Nation’s Report Card,” have plunged to record lows. Misconceptions ...

Imagine you’re a character in a math problem. You have three platters, but two cakes. All three platters need to have the same amount of cake. How would you split it? Without even saying the word ...

Math teachers need to have a deep understanding of math content and effectively teach mathematics. For that reason, I firmly believe that for preservice teachers to learn math, they must do it.

The new curriculum is the grade-level math that my Algebra I students should be doing. When given the chance, so many rise to ...

Yasemin Copur-Gencturk receives funding from the IES and NSF. When middle school math teachers completed an online professional development program that uses artificial intelligence to improve ...

Despite the heated debates about how to teach math, there are some key ideas that most people can agree on.

Thirty-eight percent of young adults think math is very important in their work life; fewer believe it’s important in their ...

California is preparing to overhaul the way its schools teach math with new state guidelines, a 1,000-page effort that’s drawn both staunch support and fierce criticism over the nearly four ...

Schools have specific instructions about how to teach math to elementary students, but parents should be on the lookout for certain things required through the Numeracy Act.

All teachers across the country teach the same math concepts the same way, Campbell explained. In the United States, by contrast, student-teachers rarely get intensive instruction on how to teach ...