Converting feet to yards is easy. The key is knowing one yard equals three feet. Divide feet by three to get yards. Multiply ...

What's the best way for children to learn arithmetic—memorizing number values and multiplication tables, or studying math at a deeper, conceptual level?

The report, “What the Science of Learning Teaches Us About Arithmetic Fluency,” covers insights from developmental cognitive science to show how best to foster children’s arithmetic fluency—generally ...

LAWRENCE — A new study from the University of Kansas explores the role of working memory in word problem-solving for students with and without math difficulties. Researchers found that using ...

Explicit teaching of math-specific vocabulary builds students’ background knowledge, so they can better understand the context of math word problems. Explicit teaching of language in general is also ...

The study concludes that current teaching methods fail to leverage the intuitive math strategies developed by working children. For instance, while a working child might struggle to subtract 19 from ...

Across the U.S., student achievement in math had stalled before the pandemic, then declined after schools shut down. While standardized tests may not give a satisfying picture of any one learner ...

Microsoft is doubling down on the potential of small language models (SLMs) with the unveiling of rStar-Math, a new reasoning technique that can be applied to small models to boost their ...

Common Core math emphasizes “problem-solving, collaboration, and embedding concepts in real-life examples,” she says. (Here are five brainy tricks to make your kids math geniuses.) ...

Opening a lesson with a word problem is one of Dykema’s favorite strategies to get students familiar with the concept. With a real-world context to it, the math problem may start to make more ...

Regarding strategies to develop SRL competence, most of the existing research used motivational strategies (such as attribution training, behavioral control, etc.), metacognitive strategies (such as ...