Few elementary education programs give future teachers enough exposure to foundational math concepts, like number sense and algebraic reasoning, before they reach the classroom. That’s the ...

That professional development can be particularly important for elementary school teachers who typically “aren’t math specialists, right? They are generalists,” said Muis of McGill University.

Imagine you’re a character in a math problem. You have three platters, but two cakes. All three platters need to have the same amount of cake. How would you split it? Without even saying the word ...

Decades of research shows that math anxiety is a common problem for adults, and surveys show it particularly affects women, who make up nearly 90 percent of elementary teachers in the United States.

MU professor Corey Webel, who directs the elementary math specialist program, seeks to engage students in "making sense of the world." ...

Teacher prep programs must increase the time they spend on fundamental math concepts to develop great math teachers.

Teaching math in elementary school can make parents’ heads spin, but there are good reasons for the new methods and why it works for kids.

An MSU education student plays a math game with children at Sudduth Elementary School in Starkville. (Photo by Megan Bean) STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State’s undergraduate elementary teacher ...

Schools have specific instructions about how to teach math to elementary students, but parents should be on the lookout for certain things required through the Numeracy Act.

Most California teacher preparation programs are failing to adequately train future teachers to teach elementary school level mathematics, according to a National Council on Teacher Quality report ...