Includes updates and/or revisions. New research shows a lack of language skills can hamstring a student’s ability to understand basic concepts in mathematics. A series of studies led by Susan ...

Cindy Garcia has been a bilingual educator for 17 years and is currently a districtwide specialist for bilingual/ESL mathematics. She is active on Twitter @CindyGarciaTX and on her blog: One of the ...

To understand why classrooms look so different today, it helps to trace how teaching methods have evolved. From the rise of “new math” to the renewed focus on phonics, the story of modern education is ...

Este artículo está disponible en Español. Léelo en español. When Nicole Thompson teaches a math word problem to her fourth grade class in Pajaro Valley Unified, she has the class read it over three ...

Students who can't understand instructions for math problems face unnecessary barriers to achievement. Students who don’t read well or lack crucial vocabulary often face unnecessary obstacles—not just ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Teaching preschool children simple math-related vocabulary and concepts, such as "more," "a lot," "some" and "fewer," improves their mathematical skills, according to a new a ...

The language a child speaks affects the rate at which they learn number words, and hearing number words in natural conversation – not just in counting routines – is a critical part of learning the ...

What's the best language for learning math? Hint: You're not reading it. As the WSJ's Sue Shellenbarger reports: Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Turkish use simpler number words and express math ...

New longitudinal research from Finland has found that children's early spatial skills and knowledge of written letters, rather than oral language skills, predict competence in math. The study included ...

Our unconscious minds may be far more capable than we usually give them credit for: According to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, people can do ...