Students shouldn’t encounter word problems for the first time in an assessment. Teachers need to bring the right word ...

A scientific review finds that children build the strongest math skills through a blend of conceptual understanding, ...

Math fluency requires more than just memorizing facts and procedures, but also knowing how and when to use them.

He posted a photo of the equation alongside the caption: 'Can you SOLVE this? #math'. The problem in question? 10×2÷4−2. What should be a basic calculation has some users confused, with ...

Rote memorization has long been over-prioritized in elementary math, Manoucherhi said. But the belief that the faster you solve a problem, the smarter you are, is the wrong cultural message to ...

To conquer math anxiety, we must first help students believe they are capable learners of mathematics--and that starts with ...

Middle school math is a formative period for building the foundations of math education for high school and college. Where ...

An early attempt at creating a universal problem solving machine. Developed in 1957 by Herbert Simon, J.C. Shaw and Allen Newell, the General Problem Solver (GPS) was designed to solve any problem ...

Ah, math. Take an easy problem we all studied in our teens, scale it up by just a couple of steps, and suddenly you’re facing ...

But it’s not through contempt. Contempt is a bad strategy because it doesn’t solve problems. It stokes a desire for revenge. It backfires. It all but guarantees that your opponent will dig ...