Students don't want a bunch of memorization tricks. They want to know why and how a lesson is relevant to their lives.

Frances S. Tucker Elementary School fifth grade teacher Yaliesperanza Salazar. Math lessons are carefully designed to match Florida's new Common Core-based standards.

Research shows that some elementary math curricula are more effective than others at increasing student achievement. Most studies in this research base typically included teachers and classrooms that ...

Math educators share their favorite lessons, including taking students for a walk around a fenced-in field, investigating student-loan costs, and working alongside a language arts teacher.

In the “Anatomy of an Elementary Math Lesson” presentation, Cheltenham administration and faculty members showed parents the ins and outs of how the curriculum differs with the math classes ...

Ann Kajander, Elementary Mathematics Teacher Preparation in an Era of Reform: The Development and Assessment of Mathematics for Teaching, Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de ...

Many elementary school teachers are anxious about teaching math, and studies show their students learn less from them. Math should be taught by specialists starting in kindergarten.

In January 2012, a Georgia elementary teacher came under fire after using slavery references in math problems assigned to 8-year olds.