Researcher Bethany Rittle-Johnson shares strategies for how teachers can help students develop a deeper understanding of math.

From classrooms to kitchen tables, debates about math education are never far away. Should teachers drill multiplication facts or encourage creative strategies to solve problems? The answer, ...

While there, she discovered a tool to assist students in developing creative problem-solving skills. Her research is published in the e-book, The Finnish Way to Optimize Student Learning.

A set of guidelines adopted by 45 states this year may turn children into "little mathematicians" who don't know how to do actual math.

There has always been some element of visuals in math classes, but it’s now considered the “golden age” of reimagining how to teach basic problems to students who think differently.

What Fifth-Graders Can Teach Us About Problem-Solving Fifth-graders are direct, and are genuinely keen to understand their peers rather than criticizing them. We can learn a lot from them.

Problem solving is an important skill, and becoming good at it can make the solving journey as enjoyable as the destination—no frustration, no doubt, just a confident march to victory.

The school in Twin Falls received a $10,000 grant to purchase educational robotics for sixth grade students.

Maryland private and charter schools have incorporated the teaching style into their curricula in the hopes of emulating Singapore's three decades of success in math scores.