A few weeks ago I (Jo Boaler) was working in my Stanford office when the silence of the room was interrupted by a phone call. A mother called me to report that her 5-year-old daughter had come home ...

Using fingers for counting or for solving basic math problems is something that every teacher and parents teach their kids at a very young age. In fact, the method is pretty much mostly the first one ...

TUSCALOOSA | A group of four 8-year-old Capitol School students sat at a small round table Thursday, laughing, smiling and arranging multicolored chips with numbers into two sets. In the first set, ...

Struggling with the 11 times table? Don’t worry—you’re not alone. For many secondary school students aged 12 to 16, multiplying by 11 can feel tricky, especially when trying to do it quickly in your ...