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 ...

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.

Math. It’s that five-letter word that still manages to haunt the dreams of both high school sophomores and overworked college students alike. Derivatives, matrices, word problems that somehow involve ...

Much of the way math is taught was developed before we had neuroscientific insight into how the brain actually learns.

This video addresses Common Core Grade 3 Standard Operations & Algebraic Thinking. WSKG is here to help you help your child understand the basic concepts of the common core curriculum with our Good To ...

To solve basic math operations — and more complicated ones down the road — kids need problem-solving skills and number sense. Number sense is the ability to understand what numbers mean, how they ...

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Mastering essential skills can improve performance in Mathematics. When students are equipped with basic skills, their working memories aren’t taxed, and learning can become fun and encouraging.

We illustrate a method, which is modeled on "breaching experiments," for studying tacit norms that govern classroom interaction around particular mathematical content. Specifically, this study ...

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