The first lesson (aimed at PreK-K learners) uses drawing and concrete materials to represent mathematical ideas. The second lesson (aimed at 1st-2nd graders) teaches students how to represent and ...

For nearly an hour, no one speaks a word of English in this first-grade math class. Not the teacher, Ying Ying Wu, who talks energetically in Mandarin’s songlike tones. Not the students — 6- and ...

With the return to school comes a return to students sitting at their desks for hours every day—and teachers’ subsequent challenge of managing those fidgeting students. There has been considerable ...

With the right lesson plan, teachers can turn struggling students into budding mathematicians. The secret is carefully guiding their adventure in numbers I still vividly remember the day, 14 years ago ...