According to a Rutgers-based study, young children between the ages of 5-to-7 are more likely to remember and believe ...

A new study found young children are more likely to trust incorrect math advice from men than correct advice from women.

Remember the days when working a math problem resulted in a right or wrong answer, and parents had a basic grasp of how to help their children with math homework? Those days predated the Common Core ...

Playing linear number board games, those where players move pieces along a straight numbered path, can significantly ...

Playing number board games for just ten minutes helps young children build strong early math skills supporting economic ...

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Current research indicates that mathematical skills at the kindergarten and primary levels are a strong indicator of how your child will perform later in life. By allowing children to focus on problem ...

Young children are more inclined to believe incorrect math information from men than accurate information from women, ...

Everyone knows that children who are not reading at grade level by 3rd grade are fated to struggle academically throughout school. Concerns about early literacy skills are justified because reading ...

Third grade teacher Eran McGowan works through math problems with his students at the Eddie Bernice Johnson STEM Academy in Dallas on Feb. 5. (Azul Sordo For The Texas Tribune, Azul Sordo For The ...

As children learn basic arithmetic, they gradually switch from solving problems by counting on their fingers to pulling facts from memory. The shift comes more easily for some kids than for others, ...