The May 23 article, “Three Ways to Build Student Confidence in Math,” resonated deeply with my research on psychological safety and feedback in math classrooms. The article highlights formative ...

Teachers can help ease the anxiety that many students feel with these strategies for creating joyful learning experiences.

Newly released national test scores show student achievement in math rising at the elementary school level—but not among ...

For as long as Jake Price has been a teacher, Wolfram Alpha — a website that solves algebraic problems online — has threatened to make algebra homework obsolete. Teachers learned to work around and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Linda Darling-Hammond is an expert on education research and policy. PISA scores reveal deep problems in how the United States ...

Math teacher Samantha McGlennen wandered around her Summit Middle School classroom, unfazed by the students’ chatter and laughter during a recent lesson about exponential growth. Their behavior – ...

Texas elementary and middle school students showed improvement in social studies and math, but little to no growth in reading ...

"We now observe preparation gaps so severe that instructors must reteach middle-school mathematics." The post College ...

Mathematics olympiads teach students that struggling enhances learning, fostering collaboration and a deeper understanding of the subject.

Say what you will about the universality of numbers and symbols; I’d politely argue that it does not follow that mathematics is a universal language. The problem for many struggling math students is ...