Last December, several members of a national organization for math education leaders came together to issue a warning. A growing movement in the field, they claimed, was calling on schools to adopt an ...

Take the pressure off of problem solving with engaging thinking games that encourage students to work together to find solutions. Like many teachers, I used to think of problem-solving as something I ...

Students in Jacqueline Echeverria Cab’s third-grade class at Flowery Elementary School are riding high after being named the California state champions in a prestigious math competition. Jacqueline ...

Remainder. Product. Algorithm. Ordered pair. Seemingly jargony words and phrases like these, referring to specific math concepts, might seem complex for elementary school students to grasp. But ...

Trying is an essential part of learning and personal growth. The human instinct for survival and reward allows us to try all kinds of things that might seem impossible. Achieving the next level of a ...