Two effective manipulatives that can be used to support fractions and base 10 learning are base 10 blocks and Cuisenaire rods ...

A dozen parents gathered around veteran math educator Leanna Baker, moments before students show up for what is billed as a math “festival” for students at Allendale Elementary School in Oakland. “Do ...

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Playing number board games for just ten minutes helps young children build strong early math skills supporting economic ...

Researchers found that just a few short, 10-minute sessions of playing may have "lasting" benefits. The post Study finds ...

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Researchers in the Purdue University Department of Human Development and Family Science (HDFS) want young children to go cuckoo for mathematics. Postdoctoral researcher Salvador R. Vazquez and ...

Over a million students, teachers, and general math lovers from more than 100 countries have signed up to participate in Global Math Week and a math activity dubbed Exploding Dots. The inaugural ...

Playing linear number board games, those where players move pieces along a straight numbered path, can significantly ...

The Summer Math Applications in Science with Hands-On Experience, or SMASH, is a week-long summer camp for rising eighth graders, with an emphasis on encouraging girls to explore science and math.

With the return to school comes a return to students sitting at their desks for hours every day—and teachers’ subsequent challenge of managing those fidgeting students. There has been considerable ...