Want to help your third-grader master the basics of 3rd grade math? Here are some of the skills your child will be learning in the classroom. Understand what it means to multiply numbers – for example ...

A typical 8th grade math textbook includes just a handful of real-world problems for students to solve, finds a new international study. And that’s not enough, according to William Schmidt, ...

As part of rapport building with my pediatric patients, sometimes we challenge each other with riddles. I have been unpleasantly surprised by the number of adolescents who appear unable to guess a ...

ADVISED. THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS HURT. WELL, HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. SOME STUDENTS IN PLACER COUNTY ARE GETTING AN EYE OPENING ANSWER TO A QUESTION. SOME OF US MAY HAVE EVEN ASKED WHEN WE WERE KIDS. THAT ...

The designers for Monte Vista Elementary School’s proposed outdoor classroom had some key questions to answer: What materials could they use while staying under the district’s $10,000 budget? How much ...

Encourage your third-grader to talk about the math concepts that they are learning at school. Don’t just ask, “How was math today?” Instead, ask them to tell you about something your child learned in ...

It’s a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. Some educators think it’s because math instruction is stuck in a rut. Procedural, boring and, in some cases, ...

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Proposed changes to North Carolina's math standards would shake up requirements for upperclassmen in the state’s public high schools and emphasize real-world problem-solving in all grade levels. The ...