As a mathematics education researcher, I study how math instruction impacts students' learning, from following standard math procedures to understanding mathematical concepts. Focusing on the latter, ...

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Educators and administrators in recent years have been eager to reimagine math instruction. Troubled by high failure rates in ...

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Explore the roots of math anxiety in students and discover strategies to foster confidence and understanding in mathematics.

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Teaching math isn’t just about working through problems. Often, it’s about helping students work through baggage, too. After years of historic declines in math performance nationwide and sharp ...

Teachers report thinking that if girls do better in math than boys, it is probably because of their innate ability and effort. But they also report that when boys do well in math, it is more likely ...

The California Mathematics Framework (C.M.F.) is an arguably obscure but extremely consequential document informing the educations of millions of children, from transitional kindergarten to twelfth ...

Laura Jackson became seriously concerned about her daughter and math when the girl was in third grade. While many of her classmates flew through multiplication tests, Jackson's daughter relied on her ...

The latest national test scores show that Maryland’s K-12 students are performing below average in math. Maryland’s fourth and eighth-grade math scores on the National Assessment of Educational ...