He combined his love of math with music and created an eight-song rap album called “Homeschool.” His lyrics are about learning math concepts.

MILES PARKS, HOST: We have a story now about a teacher who used to struggle to find ways for students to like math. But Thomas Mayfield found a way through music. And as NPR's Mia Estrada reports ...

Decades of research shows that math anxiety is a common problem for adults, and surveys show it particularly affects women, who make up nearly 90 percent of elementary teachers in the United States.

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Third-grade teacher Monique Jackson teaches math principles by making up raps to help students learn By Noelle Walker • Published January 12, 2023 • Updated on January 12, 2023 at 5:37 pm ...

Few elementary education programs give future teachers enough exposure to foundational math concepts, like number sense and algebraic reasoning, before they reach the classroom. That’s the ...

As a mathematics education researcher, I study how math instruction impacts students' learning, from following standard math procedures to understanding mathematical concepts. Focusing on the latter, ...

Parents responding to a national survey rank math as the most important subject students take in school, but they also rated it as the course most in need of updating and improvement. That’s the ...

Community News Lakewood’s Emerson Elementary School takes creative approach to teaching math concepts Updated: Nov. 24, 2021, 12:13 p.m. | Published: Nov. 24, 2021, 7:30 a.m.

A Texas teacher helped struggling math students find success by integrating music into the curriculum. He's now teaching this method to other instructors. We have a story now about a teacher who ...