New research shows that learning more advanced content in kindergarten, such as simple addition and subtraction, not just counting, makes for bigger gains in mathematics later on.

But the math content commonly found in kindergarten — such as counting the days on a calendar — is often embedded within a curriculum “in which the teaching of mathematics is secondary to ...

Singapore math was developed by that Southeast Asian country’s Ministry of Education decades ago. It is a teaching style that ...

The set-subset relationship is an important mathematical construct that underlies many mathematical concepts developed by young children. Forty-two kindergarten children who received number concept ...

Kindergarten teachers report spending much of their math instructional time teaching students basic counting skills and how to recognize geometric shapes -— skills the students have already ...

Teaching math to struggling first-graders: A new study finds that its better to teach them to add and subtract the old-fashioned way. And practice a lot.

A study has found that kindergarten teachers spend most of their time on basic literacy and math but that children learn more when taught more advanced material.

In addition, the extent to which other possible predictors, such as performance in math, gender, and race/ethnicity would contribute to the development of children's math interest was examined. Three ...

Teaching math with computer programming presents an unprecedented opportunity to improve the success of all students, regardless of their race, gender, family background, income, or geographic ...