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Math is more than memorizing times tables and doing homework problems. It is woven into more aspects of your life than you might think.
Not all students have access to the same level of parental help at home. So why are they judged as if they do? Two scholars probe how educators view students who fail to complete their homework.
Research has shown for more than a century that students fall behind during the summer break. An expert offers six tips on ways to help children keep up their academic skills during the summer.
Compared to people who aren’t as good at math, people who are better at math are more happy when they have high incomes and less happy when they have lower incomes.
The Algebra Project – a long-standing initiative to teach algebra to Black students who might not otherwise take it – sprang from Bob Moses’ work as a civil rights activist, a historian recounts.
Applying cultural sensitivity in teaching STEM to Black students can help them engage in the sciences more.
Kids ages 3 to 6 may be missing out on important social, emotional and behavioral lessons during at-home learning.
What’s taught in South African schools is at odds with the skills pupils need for the post-school world.
Your cheat sheet for best practices in teaching math at home. Keep it positive and mask your shock when your child tells you there are many ways to multiply numbers.
Math is not primarily about numbers, but about thinking. It all begins with parent-child conversations about mathematical ideas.
How mathematically proficient are you? And do you have the skills to back up your level of math confidence? The answers to those questions may have ramifications for your financial and physical health.
Instead of getting “back to basics” to improve math skills, we should make math literacy a priority by developing, attracting and supporting skilled teachers, and improving math literacy at home.
Blocks probably won’t top Christmas wish lists, but they have many benefits including developing fine motor skills, social, cognitive and language skills, and spatial reasoning and language.
Teachers are starting to ditch graphing calculators for math apps. Was the expensive tech ever worth it – or is it just holding students back?
Children who aren’t ready for school tend to lag behind their peers in later grades. Parents and teachers can help.
More students are taking Advanced Placement calculus in high school. They may be learning techniques for solving certain problems at the expense of the mathematical foundations they need to advance.
Students in the same grade in the same school receive a very different education based on the socioeconomic status of their parents.
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