Mathematical understanding should be a goal for every student and something they feel capable of achieving. But translating ...

“To teach well, you should pay careful attention to what an assignment will make students think about,” Willingham advises, ...

As leaders of science and engineering departments at a public university, we have front row seats to the outcomes of America’s approach to kindergarten-12th grade (K-12) math education. We see ...

Zachary Champagne’s 3rd and 4th graders figure out early on that this math class will be different when their teacher tells them: “I don’t care about the answer.” The goal is to shift his elementary ...

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

This fall, Temple’s math department accommodated more than 1,100 students in need of developmental math skills.

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 ...

Abstract Algebra” lecture, I tend to buffer them with filler words: “like,” “wait,” “sorry.” While my friend and I raise our ...