Edutopia

Upper Elementary Math Center Activities That Feature Manipulatives

Two effective manipulatives that can be used to support fractions and base 10 learning are base 10 blocks and Cuisenaire rods ...
Education Week

In Planning Lessons, Math Teachers Rely on What They Learned During Preservice

Elementary math teachers remember what they learn in their teacher preparation programs, and use it when writing lesson plans years down the road, according to a study published in the American ...
Education Week

How the Vocabulary Math Teachers Use Affects Student Learning

They found that students assigned to teachers who used more mathematical vocabulary in their lessons made greater progress ...
WLRN

Why Elementary Math Lessons Are Changing In Florida Schools

At dinner tables across Florida, parents and their elementary school children are trying to solve a math problem: What’s going on with my kid’s homework? Florida is one of dozens of states that has ...
Business Wire

Carnegie Learning Unveils ClearMath Elementary

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a groundbreaking move set to revolutionize elementary math education in the post-pandemic era, Carnegie Learning has launched ClearMath Elementary, its first core ...
The Hill

Math is hard — even for teachers. What if they conquered their math anxiety?

CHICAGO (AP) — In July, in a packed classroom in downtown Chicago, a group composed mostly of early elementary teachers and child care workers read a story about “Wendi,” a fictional preschool teacher ...
Yahoo

Kindergarten Math is Often Too Basic. Here’s Why That’s a Problem

This article was originally published in The Hechinger Report. ASTON, Pa.— In Jodie Murphy’s kindergarten class, math lessons go beyond the basics of counting and recognizing numbers. On a recent ...
The Advocate

LSU biological engineering students create tool for elementary math lessons

LSU biological engineering students are using their computer-aided drafting skills to create math-learning tools for children in grades one through three at Highland Elementary School. The projects ...
WUSA

Why a Fairfax Co. math teacher used the Green Bay Packers to teach math lessons

MANTUA, Va. — As we inch closer to the Super Bowl, students at a Fairfax County elementary school are getting excited, but not for the actual game. Sixth graders at Mantua Elementary School are ready ...
Sun Sentinel

Florida is down to one approved publisher for K-5 math classes. Here’s why that worries some educators.

Florida’s school districts may be down to just a single option for buying new elementary school math textbooks — and it’s a choice that concerns some educators. The reason? Some school systems wanted ...
The Hechinger Report

Kindergarten math is often too basic. Here’s why that’s a problem

Two students in Danielle Adler’s kindergarten class at Marcus Hook Elementary School in Marcus Hook, Pa., prepare for an addition problem. Credit: Holly Korbey for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...