Segue Institute for Learning teacher Cassandra Santiago introduces a lesson on word problems to her first graders one spring afternoon. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

Mark Denman Elementary School first-grader Jeremiah Denson works on a fraction problem. Josie Scates, 7, from Bismarck-Henning, works on a math problem at the Danville District 118 First Grade Math ...

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To learn math, students must build a mental toolbox of facts and procedures needed for different problems. But students who can recall these foundational facts in isolation often struggle to use them ...