Combining physical and virtual manipulatives gives students the ability to concretely model things in the real world.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – On a mid-October day, Mr. John Whelan is playing a video on rounding numbers for his class. As the video finishes and Mr. Whelan begins the lesson, Zoey expresses her worries and ...

Laura Bolick's fifth-grade math class at Maud Elementary has something to crow about. Her whole class, all 32 students, passed their STAAR math exam recently. "They all passed. 100 percent passed the ...

Across the country, most 5th grade students, along with the rest of their elementary peers, sit in a single classroom with a single teacher for reading, math, science, and social studies instruction.

The new “question-of-the-week” is: How do you integrate writing in math classes? All teachers these days are supposed to be literacy teachers, including math educators. Yes, students need to read word ...

When fifth-grade teacher Ana Sanchez handed out the math pop quiz Tuesday before lunch and recess, none of the students were excited. No talking allowed, Sanchez reminded her students at Mount Rose ...

With the rhythmic snap of her fingers, third-grade teacher Passhun Rogers set the pace for her students. The kids, all participants in Franklin Park Elementary School's Fifth Quarter summer school, ...