Procedural fluency or conceptual understanding--math educators have debated for years which is more important. I sided with conceptual understanding until my colleague Angela McIver helped me see the ...

Let’s get started with today’s online chat, which focuses on the state of math standards around the country. With all of the talk about the need to boost students’ skills in math and science, many ...

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Rick, I thought your recent interview with Andrew Coulson of ST Math was a fascinating look at how educational products — particularly those that address math — are promoted. In the interview, Coulson ...

Productive failure has shown positive effects on conceptual and transfer measures, but no clear effects on procedural measures. It is therefore an open question whether, and to what extent, productive ...

This story is part of a series from the Education Reporting Collaborative in partnership with AL.com. For much of her teaching career, Carrie Stark relied on math games to engage her students, ...

The new plan addresses the importance of math proficiency, aiming to fill persistent learning gaps and accelerate the learning of all students. “Ohio’s mathematics vision builds on long-accepted ...

Two years after Indiana made big changes to reading instruction, state policymakers want to see a similar shift in math. A bill advancing through the state legislature would place new requirements for ...

Source: Slide 15 of a PowerPoint presentation, accompanying a June 2016 OECD report, “Equations and Inequalities.” Click here for a larger version. Abstract, pure math — solving disembodied equations ...

For much of her teaching career, Carrie Stark relied on math games to engage her students, assuming they would pick up concepts like multiplication by seeing them in action. The kids had fun, but the ...

COLUMBUS — Ohio education officials have unveiled a new statewide math plan aimed at reversing years of stagnant achievement and helping students recover from pandemic setbacks. The 47-page document, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio education officials have unveiled a new statewide math plan aimed at reversing years of stagnant achievement and helping students recover from pandemic setbacks. The 47-page ...