There are some basic properties of whole numbers any 3rd grader can tell you: Each number is represented by a single symbol, and followed by a single successor. Multiplication makes a number bigger; ...

A controversial new movement promoting the "science of math" has come into the math establishment's crosshairs.

Standard topics in arithmetic teaching are calculations of the area of plane figures and the volume of solids. To make these processes clearer to students, educators introduced a variety of geometric ...

We present a case study of teaching and learning fraction addition on number lines in one 6th-grade classroom that used the Connected Mathematics Project Bits and Pieces II materials. Our main ...

Running out of time to complete a learning unit on math fractions, Concord Elementary third grade teacher Brianne Sinden turned to her “team” of fellow second and third grade teachers. Second grade ...