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A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...

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As AI takes over calculations and routine academic tasks, a growing debate is emerging over whether students should prioritise traditional mathematical skills or develop new capabilities instead.

In kindergarten, I bet your teacher used some combination of blocks, M&M’s and maybe blueberry-scented stickers to drill the importance of arithmetic into your nascent brain. The goal was to pave a ...

Our analyses of the mathematics to be learned, our reading of the research in cognitive psychology and mathematics education, our experience as learners and teachers of mathematics, and our ...

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 ...