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 ...

The future elementary school teachers that Mark Montgomery works with at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, share a common fear: Most of them are “extremely anxious” about math.

As a mathematics education researcher, I study how math instruction impacts students' learning, from following standard math procedures to understanding mathematical concepts. Focusing on the latter, ...

A Texas teacher who helped struggling math students find success by integrating music into the curriculum is now teaching this method to other teachers. We have a story now about a teacher who used to ...

Teachers draw maps to visualize directions described in a picture book. Spatial awareness is a key early math concept. Credit: Camilla Forte/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic ...

Many elementary teachers have math anxiety stemming from their own schooling, which can impact their students' math performance. Ohio colleges are working to better prepare future teachers by focusing ...

TriO was designed by a team at UMaine's Immersive Mathematics in Rendered Environments (IMRE) Lab with the goal of offering K-12 teachers and students new ways to delve into familiar mathematical ...

This annual campaign organised by the charity NSPCC encourages children to get involved in numbers–based activities including 'Dress up for Digits', in which children get dressed up in number-themed ...