White working class pupils will be targeted with a new GCSE resits qualification to end the misery of repeated failure in English and maths. It is understood the new functional skills course will be ...

Stage 5: Justify thinking. A vital habit that many students need to solidify is recontextualizing after they solve ...

This same principle applies to education: If students never meet resistance from mistakes, they fail to develop the resilience necessary to achieve great growth. Mistakes are the “wind” that helps ...

Damien Grant is an Auckland business owner and a regular opinion contributor for Stuff, writing from a libertarian perspective. OPINION: Last Saturday, I wandered along to the West End Tennis club to ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...

Math and physics explain the anguish of a golf ball that zings around the rim of the hole instead of falling in.

After years of declining test scores, the Maine Department of Education is introducing a plan to bolster math and literacy skills statewide. The department is taking a more hands-on approach than it ...

1. Fast and Slow Piles. This works well as a starting or closing activity. Students sort math fact cards into fast and slow piles. This visual way of tracking facts highlights which facts come ...

Feeling intimidated by numbers or equations? You’re not alone. Research on mathematics anxiety — defined as the tension or fear when dealing with math — shows it can seriously block learning. A ...