Creating opportunities to talk about math builds understanding and strengthens language development for all ...

Word problems try and tell students a story about the math problem in front of them. They are a useful way to connect abstract numbers to concrete situations, so students can learn early on to ...

From classrooms to kitchen tables, debates about math education are never far away. Should teachers drill multiplication facts or encourage creative strategies to solve problems? The answer, ...

In a nationally representative EdWeek Research Center poll, 29% of math teachers said less than a quarter of their English learners can solve word problems on their own.

People who solve particularly hard problems, like physicists and mathematicians, are especially known for using their unfocused minds for breakthrough problem-solving.