Encourage your third-grader to talk about the math concepts that they are learning at school. Don’t just ask, “How was math today?” Instead, ask them to tell you about something your child learned in ...

The Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 80, No. 6 (Jul. - Aug., 1987), pp. 363-365 (3 pages) Two classes of third-grade students in distant but similar schools were selected for the study. In the ...

Some of the biggest challenges in teaching math aren’t about the numbers and operations themselves, but students’ attitudes toward them. Getting students to think deeply about problems, persevere ...