Children often struggle to memorize multiplication facts, as Hechinger reported, but research suggests it may be worth the effort. Cognitive scientists say that learning your times tables by heart ...

Unlike Esa Helttula's other apps, which allow kids to practice specific skills through a no-nonsense kind of interface, Esa's latest app, for the iPad, gives kids a playground of sorts to play around ...

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Last year in third grade, we thought our son, Jared, learned his times tables. Now in fourth grade, he's struggling in math. His teacher says he hasn't developed "automaticity" and suggests drilling ...

A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...

Senate Bill 1067, which requires screening early elementary grade students for math difficulties, can significantly improve ...

These days there are targets for everything, and maths teaching is no exception. The National Numeracy target has been set so that by next year, 75% of all 11 year olds in England will reach the ...

The Martin’s money will help buy bags to hold math teaching tools.