Kids dread multiplication tables. The endless efforts parents put to help their child memorize the multiplication tables till 10 is hard to put in words. In India, multiplication tables are taught to ...

Middle school teachers are now forced to assume multiplicative thinking is secure so they can dive into ratios and algebra.

A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...

Everyone who has kids, or who remembers his/her childhood, will also remember the struggle to understand why math matters. "Who cares about multiplication tables and fractions, triangles and algebra?

Stanford University’s Jo Boaler says teachers and parents should stop using math flash cards, stop drilling kids in addition and multiplication and especially stop forcing students to do calculations ...

Math is everywhere in daily life. Parents and teachers can use simple activities to teach math without a textbook.For example, buying vegetables can teach kids about measurements and fractions. This ...

The adoption of Alberta’s discovery math teaching techniques and curriculum has meant that in many Alberta elementary schools, teachers are discouraged from teaching the standard, time-honoured ways ...