Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

Bringing elementary students outside for math lessons provides a welcome change of pace and a chance for new activities.

A new study from the University of Kansas explores the role of working memory in word problem-solving for students with and ...

Florida has a math problem. Fourth graders’ performance in the subject on the Nation’s Report Card has stagnated over the ...

You can get in touch with Jack by emailing j.beresford@newsweek.com A dad in Virginia ended up turning to social media for help after becoming confused by a first-grade math problem. Math seems to ...

Eighth grade test scores in ... pointed to the department’s new math policy, Version 2.5. Previously, students took Algebra 1, geometry and Algebra 2 in their first three years of high school.

The Maryland State Board of Education has voted to change the way math is taught in the state. Under the plan approved by the board, math curricula in the state’s 24 public school systems would ...