Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteA popular Cornell professor tries to help language-arts types learn how to “make math” instead of just studying it. Twelve years of compulsory education in mathematics leaves us with a populace that is proud to announce they cannot balance their … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteWell, surprise surprise: A new study concludes that those first-graders who are behind their peers would have learned more if their teachers had just taught them to add and subtract the old-fashioned way. And then practiced it a lot. Right … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesSlipping math scores don’t equal a crisis, says math conference panel. Sure. And if you believe this, I have some stuff I’d like to sell you…… Our students are dropping in math scores, compared to where they were 10 years … Continue reading