For parents whose children have just entered kindergarten or first grade, new fall routines can bring excitement—and some ...

What's the best way for children to learn arithmetic—memorizing number values and multiplication tables, or studying math at a deeper, conceptual level? Educators have long debated the merits of these ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Today the United States has the challenge and the opportunity to provide all students ...

Many children grow up fearing or disliking Maths, which is one of the most essential subjects in school. While some students naturally enjoy numbers, others may struggle with concepts, low confidence ...

One of the most hotly contested teaching practices concerns a single minute of math class. Should teachers pull out their stopwatches and administer one-page worksheets in addition, subtraction, ...

This article predates Brown Brothers Media’s ownership of Science Blog and has not been reviewed under our current editorial process. It is preserved as part of the publication’s archive. A ...

Record numbers of U.S. students severely struggle with math, but only a fraction of them receive screening and support targeting potential math disabilities. While math teachers in a nationally ...

In our family's elementary school home study, Japanese and math are the focus.For Japanese, it's kanji and reading ...

On a simple math task - indicating which of two amounts is greater - kids with math learning disability get the right answer as often as their good-at-math peers, but behind the scenes, their brains ...

Suggested Citation: "How Does School Mathematics Need to Change for All Students to Become Mathematically Proficient?." National Research Council. 2002. Helping Children Learn Mathematics. Washington, ...