A movement to help students understand rather than memorize has had sprawling effects, including pushback on teaching methods ...

Organizational strategies that help students break complex word problems into manageable chunks may be the key to solving them, according to a 2025 study.

Word problems try and tell students a story about the math problem in front of them. They are a useful way to connect abstract numbers to concrete situations, so students can learn early on to apply ...

The competition is a statewide STEM challenge for students that blends elements of a “hack-a-thon” and “Shark Tank.” ...

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 ...

Segue Institute for Learning teacher Cassandra Santiago introduces a lesson on word problems to her first graders one spring afternoon. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

This article was originally published in The Hechinger Report. ASTON, Pa.— In Jodie Murphy’s kindergarten class, math lessons go beyond the basics of counting and recognizing numbers. On a recent ...

Elementary teachers can talk with students one-on-one to probe their thinking and learn things that might be missed with ...

There is no special “math gene” that naturally makes some people better at math than others. Credit: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our ...

Explore the roots of math anxiety in students and discover strategies to foster confidence and understanding in mathematics.

Remember Principal Erik Collins, the guy who spent a night on the roof of Coolidge Elementary after daring his students to ...