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 ...

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

Vietnam urban parents have been rushing to bring the children to the classes where students can approach a modern way of learning math.

Teaching math to struggling first-graders: A new study finds that its better to teach them to add and subtract the old-fashioned way. And practice a lot.

Under the common core, there are many ways to do subtraction—none of which involve borrowing and carrying.

Maths teachers should ditch “faddish” practices and focus on proven methods such as using clear and detailed instruction and teaching algorithms. A new report from the Centre for Independent ...

The new provincial government says it is responding to a decline of standardized test scores and plans to recommend a return to “back-to-basics” teaching methods for mathematics teachers.

Five teaching-method scales were generated from the Second International Mathematics Study (SIMS) teacher survey data and examined in relation to eighth-grade class achievement in algebra, geometry, ...

The June 8 Metro article "A 'math miracle' or miscalculation?" noting the decline in Bruce-Monroe Elementary School's 2010 math test scores after the school introduced Singapore method for ...