Zachary Champagne’s 3rd and 4th graders figure out early on that this math class will be different when their teacher tells them: “I don’t care about the answer.” The goal is to shift his elementary ...
As a mathematics education researcher, I study how math instruction impacts students' learning, from following standard math procedures to understanding mathematical concepts. Focusing on the latter, ...
Remainder. Product. Algorithm. Ordered pair. Seemingly jargony words and phrases like these, referring to specific math concepts, might seem complex for elementary school students to grasp. But ...
It is just as natural for young children to think mathematically about their world as it is for them to use language. They develop mathematical knowledge as they manipulate objects and reason about ...
Tracey Muir has received funding from the Australian Research Council for other projects not related to this article. Julia Hill received funding from the Australian Government Research Training ...
In DeKalb County, Ala., elementary school math classes have gotten noisy. In a good way. Instead of worksheets and textbooks, children practice adding and subtracting with tiny toy bears. They ...
The Mathematics and Statistics Department at Washburn University offers multiple academic paths while emphasizing ...
The tool, called Tutor CoPilot, demonstrates how AI could enhance, rather than replace, educators’ work. The US has a major problem with education inequality. Children from low-income families are ...
Colin Foster receives funding from Research England and UKRI Economic and Social Research Council. He works for Loughborough University and is Director of the Loughborough University Mathematics ...