Practical word problems are often considered one of the most complex parts of elementary school mathematics. They require students to understand the context of a math problem, identify what the ...

As classroom teachers, we know that our roles often go beyond conveying curriculum. Sometimes we teach seemingly unrelated lessons that tie back to our subject area. That happened to me a few years ...

A session that underscored the use of data to help community college students succeed in STEM courses opened with a sobering set of statistics, depicting a population lacking basic math skills and the ...