Organizational strategies that help students break complex word problems into manageable chunks may be the key to solving them, according to a 2025 study.

Contextualizing math is the path forward for math instruction across the country--making it relevant help students grasp ...

Students get to share their favorite family recipes and practice their problem-solving strategies in this engaging math project.

Zachary Champagne’s 3rd and 4th graders figure out early on that this math class will be different when their teacher tells them: “I don’t care about the answer.” The goal is to shift his elementary ...

Mathematics education must move beyond marks and memorisation, focusing instead on reasoning, problem-solving, and creative ...

The employment future looks bright for people with strong math skills. But among the nation’s K-12 students, that represents a small and dwindling demographic. What’s to blame for students’ poor math ...

An AI math coaching platform, used as part of a tiered support structure, gives students access to tutoring and homework ...

Segue Institute for Learning teacher Cassandra Santiago introduces a lesson on word problems to her first graders one spring afternoon. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

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

Artificial intelligence has moved from checking homework to attacking problems that professional mathematicians once treated ...

Remember Principal Erik Collins, the guy who spent a night on the roof of Coolidge Elementary after daring his students to ...

Keith Perkins, foreground, works through an algorithm for calculating ladder rung spacing in Linn-Benton Community College’s math for welders class. Credit: Jan Sonnenmair for The Hechinger Report The ...