The Common Core State Standards’ emphasis on conceptual understanding in math will improve students’ problem-solving skills and ultimately help prepare them for jobs of the future, argues a new report ...

As a mathematics education researcher, I study how math instruction impacts students' learning, from following standard math procedures to understanding mathematical concepts. Focusing on the latter, ...

Recently, I wrote about how the common core has caused some math teachers to move away from teaching tricks. Instead, they’re emphasizing conceptual understanding and letting students figure out the ...

Fierce wars continue to rage around math instruction, but there are many practical changes we should make for mathematics students upon which most of us can probably agree, that could transform their ...

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., Nov. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Curriculum Associates has acquired Motion Math ® to further help elementary students improve their math fluency and number sense in key conceptual ...

Since the 1970s, the NAEP Long-Term Trend Assessment (LTT) has tracked student academic performance, and it was last administered just before the pandemic. Those pre-pandemic results can be compared ...

Middle school is often a time of change for students. New friends, new schools, and a time of physical growth during the sticky subject of puberty. It's also a critical period during another sticky ...