Imagine you’re a character in a math problem. You have three platters, but two cakes. All three platters need to have the same amount of cake. How would you split it? Without even saying the word ...

These traditional methods of mathematics education include an emphasis on drills, formulas and memorization. If you are old enough, then this was how you were taught mathematics in grade school.

Associate Prof Ton Than, former Head of the Mathematics-Informatics Department of the Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences, says that teacher training methods in mathematics studies remain ...

Why did the approach to mathematics change with Common Core, rather than providing more structure to how it was previously taught? This question was originally answered on Quora by Peter Kruger.

Teaching math to struggling first-graders: A new study finds that its better to teach them to add and subtract the old-fashioned way. And practice a lot.

The June 8 Metro article "A 'math miracle' or miscalculation?" noting the decline in Bruce-Monroe Elementary School's 2010 math test scores after the school introduced Singapore method for ...

Under the common core, there are many ways to do subtraction—none of which involve borrowing and carrying.

Analysis of a maths teaching method popular in East Asia shows promise, but not enough to roll out nationally yet.

A young boy’s video teaching his classmates division in an engaging method went viral, impressing thousands and sparking dreams of a future math teacher.

A math education professor at the University of Illinois says the ability to solve geometry and algebra problems and teaching such subjects perpetuates so-called white privilege.