Digital math Digital math, like TouchCounts, is a tangible learning experience for elementary students, says Sinclair. "Instead of focusing just on the symbols, we can focus on visual thinking, on ...

If your child ticks several of these boxes, they may be behind in math, something that is common post-pandemic. However, they may have dyscalculia, a math disorder that makes it difficult for them ...

If parents are determined for the kids to learn their times tables, “it is not prohibited” for the parents to teach their children at home, says one teacher advocate of the new math.

Discover the best homeschool math learning materials designed to make concepts clear, engaging and effective for learners of ...

Daniel Ansari studies how children learn math. The Western University psychologist Canada Research Chair in developmental cognitive neuroscience holds a Steacie Fellowship. “A lot of our ...

It’s a common scenario in many households: A child’s struggle with their math homework quickly becomes a frustration for their parents, too. A child wrestles with a problem. His mom, trying to ...

Last spring, the U.S. National Mathematics Advisory Panel endorsed the seemingly obvious idea that, in order to succeed in math, children need to understand what they're doing.

For years, Canadian parents and educators have engaged in passionate debate over how kids learn math. The math wars, especially contentious in Alberta, have pitted "old" math versus "new," or ...

In 2018 Morsanyi co-authored a study that found children’s nonnumerical ordering ability in their first year of school was the strongest longitudinal predictor of math abilities one year later.

In popular accounts, the math wars are usually traced to the 1980s, but the debate actually reaches back at least four centuries, associated with conflicting philosophies of education and ...