There are some basic properties of whole numbers any 3rd grader can tell you: Each number is represented by a single symbol, and followed by a single successor. Multiplication makes a number bigger; ...

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In “Do Sports Explain the ‘Math Gender Gap’?” (op-ed, Sept. 8), J.T. Young speculates whether “the way we teach math is somehow biased against girls.” A related issue is that recent teaching ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HACKENSACK, NJ – Like most fourth graders, ...

Many students cruise along just fine in math until fourth grade or so. Then, they hit a wall—fractions. The wall is about to get taller. With mastery of the topic seen as a crucial stepping stone to ...