It's an old joke that there are three kinds of people in the world: those who are good at math and those who aren't.

Math assessments were worse, with more than two-thirds of kids from those grades not meeting standards. It was 4th graders that had the fewest students not meeting standards, at 71%.

Math learning doesn’t start with numbers on a worksheet. The way we use and talk about numbers, patterns, and comparisons in daily life has a far bigger impact on early math literacy and eventual ...

This shape-shifter is made from a flat strip of paper folded into shapes like triangles, squares, or hexagons and when you “flex” (bend) it in different ways, hidden sides show themselves just like ...

The Northwest Evaluation Association found that seventh and eighth grade scores in math assessments fell in 2022, the only group of kids for whom that was true. Researchers, at the time, predicted it ...

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Instead of just presenting the facts, use questions, problems, and scenarios to help students learn through their own agency and investigation. Teachers can support students’ natural curiosity by ...