First grade math is all about building strong foundations in counting, addition, subtraction, and problem-solving—while ...

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Want to help your first-grader master math? Here are some of the skills your child will be learning in the classroom. Understand place value in one- and two-digit numbers. Understand that in two-digit ...

The mystery behind the way a child puts together his or her earliest building blocks of math is beginning to unravel. Scientists have found that what children know about numbers as they begin first ...

OPINION: Every child deserves the chance to build confidence with numbers before they start believing they're "not a math person." That's not happening in California, Marshall Tuck writes.

Many high-achieving students experience math anxiety at a young age — a problem that can follow them throughout their lives, new research at the University of Chicago shows. In a study of first- and ...

As a mathematics educator who also happens to be a new mom, I have serious concerns about the future math classroom my daughter will enter. One of my biggest fears is that the math class will stifle ...

EdSource · A University of California in the heart of farm country aims to attract more students A spirited 5-year-old, Ella Whalen squirmed away from her laptop every chance she got during Zoom ...

A student takes a remedial math class at Haltom High School to study for the STAAR state standardized tests in a 2012 archive photo. Ron Jenkins Star-Telegram file photo First- through third-grade ...