Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Latrenda Knighten has always liked math. As a child, she remembers breezing through timed tests ‒ high speed, low stakes ...

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, ...

As a last word, I think that even if you aren’t into specs grading and the whole no-partial-credit idea, this way of doing timed testing could still work. I should give credit where it’s due and say ...

Camilla Gilmore receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. Lucy Cragg receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. Natasha Guy does not work for, consult, own ...

A movement to help students understand rather than memorize has had sprawling effects, including pushback on teaching methods like timed tests.