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, ...

Imagine you’re a character in a math problem. You have three platters, but two cakes. All three platters need to have the same amount of cake. How would you split it? Without even saying the word ...

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.

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.

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