I heard one of my favorite phrases the other day in class. Two young women raised their hands during a partner task and blurted in frustration (and in unison): “This answer just doesn’t make any sense ...

By listening to recordings of students solving math problems, teachers can determine their next steps, such as how to pair ...

Math doesn’t add up for some kids, and a weak number sense may be partly to blame. An evolutionarily ancient ability to estimate quantities takes a big hit in children with severe, ...

One teacher is reframing how math is taught by focusing more on how students are thinking instead right or wrong answers. In discussions of progressive and constructivist teaching practices, math is ...

Having a poor "gut sense" of numbers can lead to a mathematical learning disability and difficulty in achieving basic math proficiency. This inaccurate number sense is just one cause of math learning ...

A baby's sense of numbers at the age of 6 months predicts how good that child will be at math at the age of 3, new research finds. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

(Medical Xpress)—Infants have a primitive number sense that allows them to recognize whether a group of objects has changed in size. Scientists have suspected a correlation between this innate number ...