There was a time that I thought that understanding math was more useful than memorizing it. A certain amount of memorization is essential, especially for lower-level math. For example, you need to ...

Emily Elliot Gaffney believes that many students enter kindergarten “without a lot of hands-on experience with numbers,” causing some to fall behind. Without a foundational understanding of the ...

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As teacher confidence grows, the way that math feels in the classroom begins to shift and evolves into a move positive ...

I remember the first time I made my middle school students memorize poetry. I was plagued by indecision — still ringing in my ears were lectures from my education school professors castigating “rote ...

Regarding the Bloomberg guest editorial, “For too many kids, math isn’t adding up” (Nov. 20 print edition): Memorizing math rules does not always lead to understanding math problems. It may lead to ...