Advice from experts in the field on how to address common math challenges. A deeper, more nuanced understanding of how to teach math so that students learn.

In a new study, researchers broke down the four instructional practices to teach mathematics conceptually—and studied the implications for teacher education programs.

Laurinda Brown, Alf Coles, Developing "deliberate analysis" for learning mathematics and for mathematics teacher education: how the enactive approach to cognition frames reflection, Educational ...

Students need to learn not only math shortcuts, processes, and formulas — they also must learn the underlying concepts behind them. Students need a deeper conceptual understanding of math so they can ...

Ed Elbers, Classroom Interaction as Reflection: Learning and Teaching Mathematics in a Community of Inquiry, Educational Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 54, No. 1, Realistic Mathematics Education ...

Despite the heated debates about how to teach math, there are some key ideas that most people can agree on.

Math educator Sheila Tabanli offers three instructional strategies that instructors teaching the “most hated subject” can integrate into courses to create a community of learners focused on compassion ...