A missed shot turned into a math problem, and that shift appears to have mattered. In an eight-week program linking ...

Fractions are a difficult math concept for many children to learn, but pairing lessons with basketball may offer some help.

A dribble and a jump shot, followed by a fractions task. That is what physical education classes looked like for a group of pupils, and the pupils not only found the lessons more engaging than ...

Fractions are fun and there are lots of ways to look at them. Fractions are fun and there are lots of ways to look at them.

In the COVID-19 pandemic, children are just as concerned as their parents about what is happening. The closure of schools is a huge upset in children’s lives. As parents support children and consider ...

Many students in elementary grades struggle to grasp the perennially vexing concept of fractions. If those struggles persist into middle school, it can undermine their ability to master more complex ...

Heidi Aranda, center, from education company Math Solutions, holds up a poster detailing a fractional problem featuring cookies divided among students. The example problem was presented to third- and ...

Harold Hansen, father, and Bryce Hansen, third-grade student, participated in the Fairplains Fraction Cooking Show. (Photo Provided) PARKERSBURG — Third graders at Fairplains Elementary School gained ...

An easy way to help children learn math? Get them in the kitchen mixing up variable pizza pi, says Ann McCallum, a Maryland mom, math teacher and author of "Eat Your Math Homework: Recipes for Hungry ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What has been the best math lesson you have taught and why do you think it was so good? We’ve all taught some great lessons and we’ve also all taught some pretty bad ...