National group cites 4 pillars to math education for young kids. A national nonprofit that aims to improve math outcomes for students in pre-K through fifth grade foun ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Math teachers have to accommodate high school students' different approaches to problem-solving. RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The ...

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

Researchers tested a research-based intervention with English learners with math difficulty. The intervention proved to boost comprehension and help students synthesize and visualize information, ...

Do you stare at a math word problem and feel completely stuck? You're not alone. These problems mix reading comprehension with complex math concepts, making them a common hurdle for students. The good ...

Two University of Iowa faculty members have won funding from the National Institutes of Health to study why some prematurely ...

PBS KIDS As a dad of four, I’m always looking for shows that don’t just entertain my kids, but actually teach them something ...

Kids with math learning disabilities process number symbols differently than quantities shown as dots — and it shows up in MRIs.

(THE CONVERSATION) Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to ...