Teaching in kindergarten is often too focused on early skills like counting, instead of building a bridge to later math learning ...

The Hechinger Report examines research indicating a need for more comprehensive kindergarten math instruction.

Mary Wagner, associate professor of psychology, received a $702,643 National Science Foundation grant to help preschoolers improve their math skills to prepare for elementary classrooms.

Starting kindergarten is a major milestone, one that sets the stage for future learning. Ensuring children are well-equipped ...

Racial and ethnic disparities in advanced math and science skills occur far earlier in the U.S. than previously known. Our new study finds that 13% of white students and 16% of Asian students ...

New data from 2.5M students shows boys and girls start out equal in math. So why does a gender gap emerge just months after ...

Twenty years ago, cognitive psychologist Elizabeth Spelke took a strong position in an ongoing public debate. "There are no ...

Studio.G photography // Shutterstock Kindergarten math is often too basic and that can be a problem Child playing with different color wooden rings on a board with painted numbers and dots.

In kindergarten, the extra time is spent on foundational skills like understanding numbers and quantity, but also the basics of addition and subtraction, said Diana Hanobeck, the district’s ...