Math. It’s been known to make palms sweat and hearts race. Plenty of Kern County residents — students and parents especially — know how it feels to need a little extra help with the day’s math ...

Confidence in your ability to learn is the key to success in math class! Some students who experience difficulty or struggle learning in math class give up because they think that they are not capable ...

One of the most hotly contested teaching practices concerns a single minute of math class. Should teachers pull out their stopwatches and administer one-page worksheets in addition, subtraction, ...

Are boys innately better at math and science? The question has generated heated debate for decades, with some researchers theorizing that differences in brain activity and hormones give males a ...

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Each time Xiuwen Wu greets a new class of preservice teachers studying math education at National Louis University in Wheeling, Ill., she asks them to take a survey. It asks about the future teachers’ ...

Student work posted in an elementary school before the pandemic shows the “partial product” method of solving a multiplication problem, one of many methods students have learned with Common Core.

From analyzing large datasets to modeling real-world systems, students can apply their math skills across many fields. Math majors learn to think logically, reason analytically, and solve complex ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...