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 ...

You can adapt the curriculum you have to create rich tasks that invite reasoning and build students’ problem-solving skills.

When I was serving 18,000 students as the K-12 Math Curriculum Coordinator for the Parkway School District in suburban St. Louis, I wore many hats—arguably too many for any one person. One of the most ...

The new “question-of-the-week” is: What are effective ways to use tech in math classes? I believe that tech has a place in the classroom. I also believe it has to be kept in its place. Every other ...

Frances E. Anderson receives funding from the Nebraska Math Omaha Noyce Partnership, authorized under the National Science Foundation (NSF). Funding does not directly support the work of this article ...

For many people, math lessons might have been a bit of a snooze fest, but this third-grade teacher has found a way to make multiplication incredibly fun for her students—with a little help from Taylor ...

That style of motivation could help in the classroom, too. By John Urschel Mr. Urschel is a Ph.D. candidate in mathematics and former professional football player. Growing up, I thought math class was ...

Voice: What’s 8 x 16? Come on! Come ON! Narrator: You wouldn’t expect a baby to know the answer, it hasn’t learned anything yet… Narrator: As for you, we ...