Does the thought of arithmetic make you break out in a cold sweat? People tend to fear a little number work, but without it our world would be a much duller place. Nevertheless, some children ...

All those long multiplication tables. Timed tests and “mad minutes” of worksheet problem-solving. Fluency drills. Somehow, getting kids to know their basic math facts continues to be at the heart of ...

Educational Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 31, No. 1/2, Socio-Cultural Approaches to Mathematics Teaching and Learning (Sep., 1996), pp. 175-200 (26 pages) A variety of researchers in the last fifteen ...

Throughout Tiffany Trevenen’s more than 30-year career in Moffat County schools in Craig, Colo., she has seen students experience the same math struggles again and again. “It was very apparent in ...

Earlier this month, Barbara Oakley, engineering professor at Oakland University and author of “Learning How to Learn" published an opinion piece called "Make Your Daughter Practice Math. She'll Thank ...

Recent state test results revealed that many Alabama elementary school students need help with math skills. Fewer than half of third through fifth graders were proficient in math. This trend isn’t new ...

Most fourth graders in this country are not proficient in math. That was true for one rural Wisconsin elementary school until it changed the way it taught the subject. Most of the nation's fourth ...