Math scores in the U.S. have been so bad for so long that teachers could be forgiven for trying anything to improve them. Unfortunately, many of the strategies they’re using could be making things ...

Dyscalculia is a severe and persistent learning disability in math that affects about 5 to 8 percent of school-age children. Due to its impact on students’ ability to learn and retain basic math facts ...

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, ...

Susan Hobart asked this week’s “question-of-the-week": What strategies help math facts stick besides the old “drill the skill” and, if someone is not proficient at addition facts, can learning ...

Math scores in the US have been so bad for so long that teachers could be forgiven for trying anything to improve them.

WASHINGTON – Sometime in elementary school, you quit counting your fingers and just know the answer. Now scientists have put youngsters into brain scanners to find out why and watch how the brain ...

Do you ever feel out of the loop while helping your child with math homework? Elementary school math has changed quite a bit ...

October is Dyslexia Awareness Month, and I would like to thank my daughter for allowing me to write about her dyslexia in order to help others. According to the Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity ...

I’m not the first to say it, but it’s time to look beyond the facts and figures students are taught in school and focus on how they learn. Incorporating more flexible learning approaches into their ...

One of the joys of being an educator is embracing all the differences every student brings to the classroom, while teaching them to celebrate those unique traits in themselves and each other. Yet, ...

The benefits of a math app in East Grand Forks are starting to add up. From serving ice cream to hungry aliens to eating as many bugs possible in "Swamp Chomper," South Point Elementary students have ...

It's an old joke that there are three kinds of people in the world: those who are good at math and those who aren't. Tanya Evans, an associate professor in the School of Education and Human ...