Duah: Using puzzles, both at home and in classrooms, can restore the often-forgotten truth that learning happens in ...

Usama has a passion for video games and a talent for capturing their magic in writing. He brings games to life with his words, and he's been fascinated by games for as long as he's had a joystick in ...

All those long multiplication tables. Timed tests and “mad minutes” of worksheet problem-solving. Fluency drills. Somehow, getting kids to know their basic math facts continues to be at the heart of ...

Dyscalculia is a learning disability related to mathematics. It's not unusual for a child to have a tough time with math homework now and then. But if they do well in other subjects but have problems ...

Students in Melissa Williams' kindergarten class at the Westminster School in Atlanta, Georgia, practice connecting quantities to written numbers — a key part of number sense. Credit: Holly Korbey for ...

There was a time that I thought that understanding math was more useful than memorizing it. A certain amount of memorization is essential, especially for lower-level math. For example, you need to ...

With the return to school comes a return to students sitting at their desks for hours every day—and teachers’ subsequent challenge of managing those fidgeting students. There has been considerable ...

Can young children learn mathematics? What is the best way to teach them? Herbert P. Ginsburg, a developmental psychologist at Teachers College, Columbia University, has been studying those questions ...