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 ...

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 ...

At the beginning of a recent math class, students spent six minutes discussing a topic they knew well: themselves. What’s ...

Children do better at math when music is a key part of their lessons, an analysis of almost 50 years of research on the topic has revealed. It is thought that music can make math more enjoyable, keep ...

Like many students around the world, Eithne, 14, in Chorley, United Kingdom, was struggling to keep up in math at school after more than a year of COVID-19 related disruptions. In June 2021, her ...

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