This is the first in a two-part series. The debate over what early math should look like and what should be included in the Common Core State Standards for math is one of the most contentious in ...

Your child can build an understanding of addition, subtraction, and the other math concepts they are learning in first grade by playing with everyday objects. Use items that your child enjoys playing ...

Want to help your first-grader master math? Here are some of the skills your child will be learning in the classroom. Understand place value in one- and two-digit numbers. Understand that in two-digit ...

Many high-achieving students experience math anxiety at a young age — a problem that can follow them throughout their lives, new research at the University of Chicago shows. In a study of first- and ...

Student work posted in an elementary school before the pandemic shows the “partial product” method of solving a multiplication problem, one of many methods students have learned with Common Core.

As early as first grade, Janet Bullock realized a hard truth: She did not have a head for numbers. She recalls her first-grade math textbook, which showed a drawing of three butterflies and another of ...