How to Help Your Kids Get Excited About Math. 4 minute read. Getty Images. By Laura Overdeck. May 19, 2017 2:25 PM EDT. A mericans are lacking in confidence when it comes to math.

These days, I’m Googling fractions, multiples and factors to help my son through fourth-grade math. It’s only going to get harder from here.

We need to recognize that what math is about is doing those type of problems.” Opening a lesson with a word problem is one of Dykema’s favorite strategies to get students familiar with the ...

You may not know it, but the elementary math wars are raging. Our expert explains the ‘new math’ ... In this case, we add the 10s column first, 60 plus 20 to get 80.

Stanford math professor Jo Boaler explains the problem with how we teach math, and how to fix it. 'The most freeing comment I give to my Stanford students is this: I am not going to give you a grade' ...

Grades are rising against a backdrop of declining achievement. English, math, reading and scientific reasoning ACT scores fell slightly between 2010-22. The sharpest declines were in math, in which ...

A student works a problem in a second grade math class at Place Bridge Academy, May 20, 2025, in Denver. Early experiences with math can shape whether a student decides they're a "math person" or not.

A classroom intervention that costs just $9 for each child can deliver a three-month boost to children's math skills. The initiative also showed promise in closing the gap between children from ...