To understand why classrooms look so different today, it helps to trace how teaching methods have evolved. From the rise of ...

You Do The Math: Explaining Basic Concepts Behind Math Problems Improves Children's Learning Date: April 12, 2009 Source: Vanderbilt University Summary: Students benefit more from being taught the ...

Are math problems bugging your kids? Tell them to talk back -- using their hands. Psychologists report that gesturing can help kids add new and correct problem-solving strategies to their ...

Rather than equipping kids to compete with computers by solving the same types of problems over and over again, let's challenge them to solve new problems and become the leaders of tomorrow.

Child Development, Vol. 88, No. 5, SPECIAL SECTION: Bringing Developmental Science into the World (SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017), pp. 1727-1742 (16 pages) Early mathematics knowledge is a strong predictor ...

(b) Examples of the physical math games used in the tutoring: Math Bingo—in which the child has to calculate the sum of a given problem and verify whether the answer is on their Bingo card; Math ...

This study investigated the role of generative strategies and working memory capacity on word problem solving accuracy in children with math difficulties (MD). Within classrooms, children in Grade 3 ...

It’s a common scenario in many households: A child’s struggle with their math homework quickly becomes a frustration for their parents, too. A child wrestles with a problem. His mom, trying to ...