A few days into the new semester this January, the LaSalle Parish school district in rural Louisiana made a pronouncement: There would be no more homework. None of the 2,500 students in this district ...

Some experts worry that less homework could be a problem for math achievement, at a time when test scores nationwide are ...

The University of the Pacific recently hosted the annual Math Steeplechase. More than 1,000 students participated in the ...

Every year, the countries competing in the International Mathematical Olympiad arrive with a booklet of their best, most ...

Teachers can use these questions to draw students out and get worthwhile formative assessment responses to guide instruction.

In Jennifer McDougald’s classroom at Jerger Elementary, solving a math problem is only part of the lesson. The real impact ...

“To teach well, you should pay careful attention to what an assignment will make students think about,” Willingham advises, “because that is what they will remember.” It’s a sentence that has made me ...

While criticizing the “science of math” movement for generalizing findings from narrow intervention studies into broad ...

Students with special needs are often missing out on critical areas of math instruction—especially data processing, statistics and probability—raising concerns about their readiness for real-world ...

Math is hard. For many students, keeping up with a classroom that moves too fast — or too slow — is exhausting. Traditional ...

A study reveals that emotional engagement significantly enhances students' math performance, highlighting the importance of managing feelings in learning.

Students discuss how the technology can serve as a learning tool but can also lead to dishonesty and laziness.