The designers for Monte Vista Elementary School’s proposed outdoor classroom had some key questions to answer: What materials could they use while staying under the district’s $10,000 budget? How much ...
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, teachers have had to rethink pretty much everything they do with students—and that includes how they give math tests. With many students working remotely, ...
OSHKOSH - The timer ticked down as calculators clicked and conversations blended into chatter. Students in teams of four sat at tables with their heads together in the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh ...
If you look past numbers and computations and distill math to its essence, it's all about creativity, 17-year-old James Tao says. “When I think of math, when I think of coming up with a proof where ...
PEMDAS has plagued many in elementary school math classes, but how many Americans remember how to use the acronym to solve problems? A simple sixth-grade math equation went viral on X for stumping ...
Many states have laws aimed at improving literacy, but few are putting the same weight behind targeting math instruction. A recent study by NWEA found that middle and elementary school students’ math ...
Are math problems bugging your kids? Tell them to talk back -- using their hands. Psychologists report that gesturing can help kids add new and correct problem-solving strategies to their mathematical ...
There are all sorts of apps available in the market these days, and some of them are immensely useful. Like the apps we’ll talk about in these articles. These apps allow you to solve math problems by ...