Using words like ‘factors,’ ‘denominators’ and ‘multiples’ may be part of a constellation of good math teaching practices ...

Across the country, parents are discovering that what their children bring home from school looks very little like what they once learned. It isn’t just math — reading lessons, writing expectations, ...

Math word problems require literacy, math, and executive function skills from young children, so mastering them is key to later school success. Credit: Philip Keith for The Hechinger Report The ...

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Students often struggle to connect math with the real world. Word problems—a combination of words, numbers, and mathematical operations—can be a perfect vehicle to take abstract numbers off the page.

Dan Look is the first person to admit he’s not 100% sure who makes up the audience for his new book. It’s called “Math Cats,” and while there’s something in it for cat lovers or mathematicians, no one ...

Click the Insert tab In the Symbol group, click the Equation button and select insert new equation from the drop-down menu. Word will show the equation tab, which contains all the equation tools. Yes, ...

Does math make you a little nervous? You're in the majority. The phrase "number anxiety" was first coined by researchers back in the 1950s. By some estimates, as high as 93 percent of Americans feel ...