Stage 5: Justify thinking. A vital habit that many students need to solidify is recontextualizing after they solve ...

Students often struggle to connect math with the real world. Word problems—a combination of words, numbers, and mathematical operations—can be a perfect vehicle to take abstract numbers off the page.

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Math word problems require literacy, math, and executive function skills from young children, so mastering them is key to later school success. Credit: Philip Keith for The Hechinger Report The ...

In Central Falls, R.I., teachers are trying new strategies that move away from focusing on “key words,” the traditional, simplistic approach that often leads younger students astray CENTRAL FALLS, R.I ...

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 apply ...

For years, math was something you either get or you don't. But it doesn't have to be that way, according to several Green Bay area school districts.

Two students in Danielle Adler’s kindergarten class at Marcus Hook Elementary School in Marcus Hook, Pa., prepare for an addition problem. Credit: Holly Korbey for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

“We call it quantitative literacy, just knowing which fraction is larger or smaller, that the slope is positive when it is ...

AskMath announced the launch of an AI Math Solver designed to provide detailed problem-solving guidance for a variety of ...