These basic math problems once stumped AI. Can you solve them?

You were smarter than AI at math only a few years ago. Yes, even you.

For elementary school students who struggle with math word problems. My family's homemade problems and tips

"I can do calculation problems, but I get them wrong when they become word problems.""No matter how many times I teach them, ...
The Hechinger Report

Kindergarten math is often too basic. Here’s why that’s a problem

Two students in Danielle Adler’s kindergarten class at Marcus Hook Elementary School in Marcus Hook, Pa., prepare for an addition problem. Credit: Holly Korbey for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

The Multiplication Order Problem: Don't Do Math During Arithmetic Class

In elementary school arithmetic, I was marked wrong for reversing the order of multiplication. Every time this topic comes up ...
Education Week

Young Students Gravitate to Math. How Teachers Can Build on That Curiosity

Zachary Champagne’s 3rd and 4th graders figure out early on that this math class will be different when their teacher tells them: “I don’t care about the answer.” The goal is to shift his elementary ...
The Hechinger Report

Why schools are teaching math word problems all wrong

Segue Institute for Learning teacher Cassandra Santiago introduces a lesson on word problems to her first graders one spring afternoon. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...
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Alabama invested in elementary math. But some schools have a long way to go

Toward the end of a math lesson on a sunny Friday in October, fourth-grade teacher D’Atra Howard and math instructional coach LaVeda Gray ducked out of the classroom to huddle. Howard’s students at ...

‘First in the nation’: Alabama revamps elementary math teacher training

Alabama is changing how it prepares future elementary school teachers to teach math, part of a broader effort to improve ...