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Want to help your sixth-grader master math? Here are some of the skills your sixth-grader will be learning in the classroom. In a herd of horses, the ratio of legs to tails is 4 to 1 (or 4:1) because ...

As their assignments become more complicated, you might start to feel that your child's math homework is outpacing your comfort level. Continue to review math materials with him before class and ...

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 ...

Sixth grade students with lower mathematical ability perform better on complex arithmetic problems if they write down their calculations. Sixth grade students with lower mathematical ability perform ...

Fifty-eight percent of parents said their child has asked for their help with math Homeschooling is not so easy. The average American parent’s science and math knowledge taps out around the ...

Getting students to talk about their thinking process in math can give teachers insight into where they need help. But it’s also a potentially powerful equity strategy, experts say. And as teachers ...

Are math problems bugging your kids? Tell them to talk back -- using their hands. Psychologists report that gesturing can help kids add new and correct problem-solving strategies to their mathematical ...

Putting their math skills to the test…that’s what 5th and 6th graders were doing at Cato Middle School. Today’s BCSD’s Math Bowl aim to show why now more than ever math is so important. Not only were ...