Outdoor activities provide ample opportunities for math learning without any cost. Go on a nature walk where you ask your ...

Can young children learn mathematics? What is the best way to teach them? Herbert P. Ginsburg, a developmental psychologist at Teachers College, Columbia University, has been studying those questions ...

We fear it and loathe it; we admire but are also suspicious of those who are good at it; we place it in such high esteem that we make children study (or pretend to study) it almost every day of every ...

Students in the U.S. trail children in other countries when it comes to science, technology, engineering, and math (aka STEM), at least according to international benchmark tests like the Programme ...

We know the struggle with mathematics—for both teachers and students—all too well. Students’ math scores, as per the “Nation’s Report Card,” have plunged to record lows. Misconceptions in early grades ...

What's the best way for children to learn arithmetic—memorizing number values and multiplication tables, or studying math at a deeper, conceptual level? Educators have long debated the merits of these ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. In a striking piece in Education Next, Laurence Holt dives into a series of research studies that show strong results for edtech ...

As children learn basic arithmetic, they gradually switch from solving problems by counting on their fingers to pulling facts from memory. The shift comes more easily for some kids than for others, ...

On the Nation’s Report Card in 2024, only two in five fourth graders were proficient in grade-level math. By eighth grade, ...