Math teacher Emma Chiappetta uses a three-round exercise to help students not only recognize their errors, but also generate ...

Across the country this fall, millions of college students are walking into math classrooms worried about their future — perhaps with good reason. For decades, mathematics — particularly college ...

They found that students assigned to teachers who used more mathematical vocabulary in their lessons made greater progress ...

Students, parents and school principals all instinctively know that some teachers are better than others. Education researchers have spent decades trying — with mixed success — to calculate exactly ...

A WVU expert on STEM education is involving colleges and universities nationwide in an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to teaching mathematics in a way that reflects the content of students’ ...

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Today’s post continues a series highlighting ways teachers can help students see how math and science are relevant to their lives. Emily Burrell has taught high school mathematics for 23 years. For ...

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

Kids in elementary school learn—or are supposed to learn—how to add fractions and round numbers. But many students at the University of California, San Diego—a top public university ranked sixth ...