While gender differences in learning math have long been debated, new research debunks an old myth about the math abilities of boys and girls. Women have surpassed men in college enrollment and degree ...

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

A collaborative program to improve math instruction in the elementary grades has been expanded this year to 13 HISD schools in southwest Houston. The program, which started last year in eight schools, ...

Given all we know – and the far more we don’t know – about the brain, there’s no reason to assume that any gender should have a monopoly on mathematical ability. And yet, for many people, the idea ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BALTIMORE -- Imagine you’re a character in a math problem. You have three platters, but two cakes. All three platters need to have ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines that include recommending teachers stop quizzing students on their speed in solving problems -- because it stresses them out. The ...

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 ...

Watch as Steve Butler teaches his students the mathematics of juggling. Video by Alex Murphy AMES, Iowa – Steve Butler casually tosses a ball from his left hand to his right to demonstrate his point ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...