The present paper describes the success, the methods (mental, informal written, standard algorithm) and the strategies of informal written arithmetic to be observed when 300 elementary students worked ...

Here is a part-whole model. Sometimes the model is rotated. It looks different, but it still has two parts and a whole. We can use this model to help us solve problems. We can put 4 things in one of ...

Mental maths is when you do calculations in your head instead of writing them down. Sometimes, it's just as quick to do calculations in your head as it is to write down every step. You can add and ...

“For some, common core is creating common confusion,” said education correspondent Rehema Ellis on a recent NBC News segment. The crux of the news piece was that parents are struggling to help their ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

Scarlett Howard received funding for this project from The Company of Biologists and the Australian Government. Adrian Dyer and Jair Garcia do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding ...