Can students learn algebra from Instagram and video games? Teaching researcher Candace Walkington, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, thinks so. Walkington's newest study, funded by the National ...

Unlike other elementary and middle school mathematics courses, algebra begins to introduce abstract relationships and ideas. While textbooks attempt to give students real-world illustrations of these ...

A nontraditional math instruction strategy is also helping teens at the southern Utah school connect with their fellow ...

The teaching and learning of linear algebra have evolved significantly over recent decades, underpinned by diverse approaches ranging from theoretical expositions to dynamic, model-based environments.

From more than 50 years of teaching experience, I’ve learned that elementary school teachers are typically more comfortable teaching reading. They delight in watching students become readers. They ...

While educators and policymakers debate whether 8th graders can be readied to learn algebra, Sigrid B. Frawley sits in front of her kindergartners with a magic bag. She puts three tokens in the bag ...

A new Ohio math plan calls for schools to use textbooks that are rated as highly effective, for teachers to implement ...

One snowy January day, I asked a classroom of college students to tell me the first word that came to mind when they thought about mathematics. The top two words were “calculation” and “equation.” ...

Louis Benezet carried out audacious research. He asked the principals of schools in Manchester, New Hampshire to drop math from the early grades. No teaching of arithmetic. No adding, subtracting, ...

Re “No Algebra, No Graduation,” Oct. 6: I spent 28 years of my life teaching physics, math and assorted science courses on both the high school and college level. The algebra I taught was necessary ...

Computer scientist Zoran Popović is teaching algebra to children with an adaptive— and addictive—new videogame. Mike Clinard. GlueKit You have an armadillo, a black-and-white trout, and a rainbow ...