How students are introduced to fractions in early grades affects how they approach more complicated mathematics—like algebra—in higher grades. It’s crucial that students learn how fractions behave ...

In this lesson, students learn to find the fraction of a set. In this lesson, Ms. Brewer will teach 3rd grade math students to find the fraction of a set. / Carrie Brewer, East Saint Louis School ...

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

We present a case study of teaching and learning fraction addition on number lines in one 6th-grade classroom that used the Connected Mathematics Project Bits and Pieces II materials. Our main ...

Many students cruise along just fine in math until fourth grade or so. Then, they hit a wall—fractions. The wall is about to get taller. With mastery of the topic seen as a crucial stepping stone to ...

For much of her teaching career, Carrie Stark relied on math games to engage her students, assuming they would pick up concepts like multiplication by seeing them in action. The kids had fun, but the ...

It’s something that educators hear from students in classes, children express to caregivers as they start homework and even adults say to each other when it’s time to calculate the tip for lunch.

Can video games teach children math? Developers behind a newly announced video game are hoping that they can, this month launching a Kickstarter campaign for a project called Mathbreakers. The team at ...