SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT (publ. 3/20/2015, pg. A4) A story about math instruction misstated standardized test scores of a charter school. At KIPP Bay Area schools last school year, 79 percent of ...
Students who struggle early on with basic reading and math skills may continue to have a hard time as they progress through school. But many early grade teachers with students struggling in math ...
Students with special needs are often missing out on critical areas of math instruction—especially data processing, statistics and probability—raising concerns about their readiness for real-world ...
About a decade ago, leaders at the Kentucky Department of Education set out to develop guidelines for what quality math instruction should looked like in the state, convening educators from the ...
Early math skills are the building blocks for lifelong learning, and the way we introduce them matters. By blending playful, hands-on activities with thoughtful teaching strategies, we can turn ...
Teachers at Orot College in Elkanah wish to alleviate Israel’s math problems by imparting algorithms and pedagogical techniques developed by Jewish Sages over the generations. The reason for the new ...
Math bores many students. Common Core Math, CCM, tries to deliver math differently so that it sticks. CCM succeeds if students become flexibly adept because it hurts seeing students solve y = mx + b, ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio education officials have unveiled a new statewide math plan aimed at reversing years of stagnant achievement and helping students recover from pandemic setbacks. The 47-page ...
I don’t typically write responses to other opinion pieces, but there was one two weeks ago about new techniques in elementary math education that has inspired me. The main complaint was that there are ...
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 teaching ...
Faculty and students from the Department of Mathematical Sciences recently represented the U of A at two regional conferences focused on mathematics and mathematics education, highlighting innovative ...