Math

Activities designed to help students believe in themselves may improve their math skills.

By ensuring that their grading methods accurately report content knowledge, teachers can promote and reward student growth.

To encourage kids to reach their fullest potential in math, consider adopting these four mindsets that help every student to thrive.

Teachers can help students master grade-level content by giving feedback that supports independent learning and progress.

Writing improves learning by consolidating information in long-term memory, researchers explain. Plus, five engaging writing activities to use in all subjects.

Explaining concepts to their peers helps students shore up their content knowledge and improve their communication skills.

By reflecting on their math work in writing and drawings, students see what they’ve learned and find areas where they need to improve.

Open-ended questions guide students to participate and to think mathematically, which cements their learning.

Every child possesses vast mathematics potential, says Jo Boaler, Stanford University mathematics professor and best-selling author—but for them to access it, we need to rethink how we teach math.

In addition to teaching students about math facts and procedures, teachers can guide them to see it as a creative pursuit.

These games for upper elementary and middle school students require little to no preparation and reinforce math facts.

Math coaches can help teachers identify how their perceptions and teaching methods influence student success.

Seemingly innocuous statements can exacerbate math anxiety among learners—and avoiding these phrases can help all students see themselves as “math people.”

Whether you teach online or in person this fall, these digital math tools may come in handy for grades pre-K through 12.

The most effective way to study math is not intuitive for a lot of students, so providing explicit instruction on this skill is essential.