Students with learning disabilities and other challenges may find word problems difficult even when they know the math, so ...

In mathematics education, we have long relied on a familiar sequence: introduce vocabulary, demonstrate procedures, and assign practice. For some students, this works well enough. But for many ...

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Middle school math teachers are all too familiar with a question—usually uttered with a groan—that students ask when they make an unsettling shift into more complex content: “When am I ever going to ...

For Sarah Murmann’s high school geometry students, it’s the little things that cause the biggest problems. Her students can, for the most part, understand the concepts she’s trying to teach. They can ...