New Practice For Teaching Fractions

As a 3rd grader can tell you, each number is represented by a single symbol and is followed by a single successor. A number is made bigger through multiplication and smaller with division. While these math facts hold true for whole numbers, the world is turned upside...

Students Learn Through Explanation

While young children are are quick to ask “why?” and “how?” new research found that students learn through explanation when teachers turn questions back on students. Young children often regurgitate facts from memory, but often don’t understand the concepts that...

Common Core Requirements For Vocabulary Learning

Children who enter kindergarten with a small vocabulary don’t get taught enough words—particularly, sophisticated academic words—to close the gap, according to the latest in a series of studies by Michigan early-learning experts. The findings suggest many...