The study showed that playing "linear number board games" - where players move pieces along a straight numbered path, can ...

Sometime in elementary school, you quit counting your fingers and just know the answer. Now scientists have put youngsters into brain scanners to find out why, and watched how the brain reorganizes ...

Playing linear number board games, those where players move pieces along a straight numbered path, can significantly strengthen young children's math skills, according to a new report by the HEDCO ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Shocking stat: 85% of Memphis students ...

I've been teaching second and third-graders mathematical problem solving for six years. In that time, I've learned that kids are more apt to enjoy math if they already have a strong foundation. Kids ...

Student work posted in an elementary school before the pandemic shows the “partial product” method of solving a multiplication problem, one of many methods students have learned with Common Core.

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A mental math system developed in the 1800's is helping some local students ace standardized tests and win math competitions. But the method isn't taught in most Houston schools.

Math is all around us: the music you listen to, the vehicles you drive and even the food you bake can all be represented mathematically. But for most kids - and many adults - the word math evokes ...

The Nation’s Report Card makes one thing painfully clear: American kids are failing in math, and the education system has been failing them for decades. New research from National Center for Education ...

A study by economists shows a wide gap between the kinds of math problems kids who work in retail markets do well and the kinds of problems kids in school do well. In India, many kids who work in ...