Mathematics is often thought of as a subject that a student either understands or doesn't, with little in between. In reality, mathematics encompasses a wide variety of skills and concepts. Although ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A good estimate of a child’s attention span is a couple of minutes for every year of age, Kent State’s Adonia Porto said. So, for example, for a one-year old, it would be two ...

Few elementary education programs give future teachers enough exposure to foundational math concepts, like number sense and algebraic reasoning, before they reach the classroom. That’s the upshot of a ...

Maclean’s magazine has a thoughtful piece this week under the provocative headline, “Why is it your job to teach your kid math?” Reporter Cynthia Reynolds detailed how two University of Winnipeg math ...