A key instructional shift called for by the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics is the dual emphasis on conceptual understanding and procedural fluency. NCTM draws a connection between these ...

Barbara Oakley, an engineering professor at Oakland University in Rochester, Mich., says the key to mathematics expertise is practice, not conceptual understanding as some common-core proponents would ...

Editorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters. By Paola Sztajn In the 1990s, discussions ...

Our eyes, gestures, and tone bring us together in a more profound way than words alone. It’s why we look hopefully toward the return of in-person, face-to-face connection. Done well, frequent practice ...

In schools, different teachers prefer different teaching approaches. Some teachers emphasise learning for understanding while others, by contrast, tend to emphasise memorisation. Within Kilpatrick, ...

Since the 1970s, the NAEP Long-Term Trend Assessment (LTT) has tracked student academic performance, and it was last administered just before the pandemic. Those pre-pandemic results can be compared ...