A missed shot turned into a math problem, and that shift appears to have mattered. In an eight-week program linking basketball drills to fraction lessons, pupils ages 11 to 13 improved their ...

In the COVID-19 pandemic, children are just as concerned as their parents about what is happening. The closure of schools is a huge upset in children’s lives. As parents support children and consider ...

The very word fractions is enough to send a chill down a non-maths specialist's spine and it's safe to say the topic is fraught with misconceptions. Secondary school maths teacher Mel Muldowney points ...

Harold Hansen, father, and Bryce Hansen, third-grade student, participated in the Fairplains Fraction Cooking Show. (Photo Provided) PARKERSBURG — Third graders at Fairplains Elementary School gained ...

Fractions are fun and there are lots of ways to look at them. Fractions are fun and there are lots of ways to look at them.

How students are introduced to fractions in early grades affects how they approach more complicated mathematics—like algebra—in higher grades. It’s crucial that students learn how fractions behave ...