"I went to a private elementary school where most of the kids came from parents who were either politicians, ...

Math teachers who believe women no longer face discrimination tend to be biased against girls’ ability in math. This is what we found through an experiment we conducted with over 400 elementary ...

Teachers who doubt their math ability often worry they will transfer their math aversion onto impressionable students, educators say. There are studies that validate this fear: First grade students ...

Teachers who fear math and/or aren’t good at math should not be teaching and should not be in the classroom. Any principal who hires someone who isn’t good at math should be fired for incompetent ...

That’s what we discovered from 400 elementary and middle school math teachers we surveyed across the country for our new study. The purpose of the study was to learn more about how teachers ...

At the Erikson Institute, a child-development-focused graduate school in Chicago, this annual summer math conference is a chance for teachers to assuage their anxiety.

Because math is a subject that builds on itself year after year, teachers need to make sure students, even those who are struggling, are keeping up with grade level learning.

The U.S. has some of the most skilled math teachers but they are fighting uphill battles, argues Cody Patterson, an assistant professor of mathematics at Texas State University. Unlike some of the ...

When middle school math teachers completed an online professional development program that uses artificial intelligence to improve their math knowledge and teaching skills, their students’ math ...

It’s a way for teachers to understand the math more deeply.” Scott remains confident in the abilities of math teachers and their young charges. “Research shows that everyone can be good at math.

But though the famous examples might catch our attention, there is such a thing as confirmation bias. For every polymath (no pun intended) out there, there’ll be scores of mathematicians who can ...

The loss of Mrs. Katz has forced me to do some math of my own, and I am now realizing that as a child of the ’90s, many of my former teachers must be nearing their seventies and eighties.