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Want to help your first-grader master math? Here are some of the skills your child will be learning in the classroom. Understand place value in one- and two-digit numbers. Understand that in two-digit ...

Beads and blocks are replacing work sheets for first graders learning math basics at Bayfield Early Primary School. First grader Alex Larson, son of Kami and Mike Larson, demonstrated his skills for ...

Many high-achieving students experience math anxiety at a young age — a problem that can follow them throughout their lives, new research at the University of Chicago shows. In a study of first- and ...

As a mathematics educator who also happens to be a new mom, I have serious concerns about the future math classroom my daughter will enter. One of my biggest fears is that the math class will stifle ...

Is Oglethorpe University's Bill Shillito right? What does this math problem mean? You love numbers. So do we. Let's nerd out over numbers together. The shared problem follows a now-common formula with ...

To help young kids who struggle with math, well-intentioned teachers often turn to non-traditional teaching methods. They use music and movement to involve the whole body. They use hands-on materials ...