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

Talk to your toddler. And use numbers when you talk. Doing so may give a child a better head start in math than teaching her to memorize 1-2-3 counting routines.

Encouraging students to use their first language helps them make math connections, increasing their understanding and engagement.

Say what you will about the universality of numbers and symbols; I’d politely argue that it does not follow that mathematics is a universal language. The problem for many struggling math students is ...

What's the best language for learning math? Hint: You're not reading it. As the WSJ's Sue Shellenbarger reports: Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Turkish use simpler number words and express math ...

The language a child speaks affects the rate at which they learn number words, and hearing number words in natural conversation – not just in counting routines – is a critical part of learning ...

America’s students continue to struggle in mathematics. The reasons are multifarious and sometimes elusive, but our recent ...

Teachers in three school systems learned strategies to help multilingual learners engage with rigorous math assignments.

Veselin talked about mathematics, showed his mathematical models, and challenged the group with a few puzzles. Later on Tuesday, Veselin did a few math hands on activities with smaller groups of ...

The way in which teachers and textbooks use language and different metaphors in mathematics education determines how pupils develop their number sense, according to new research from Sweden.