Here's how you can help your first-grader master the basics of math outside of the classroom.

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 ...

When Bill Horkan, a talented teacher I know, thinks about the national debate over how to improve math instruction, he imagines getting students ready for algebra as early as first grade. “Some ...

This is why parents get frustrated with their kids' math homework, and why kids may end up thinking they are not "math people." ...

First graders step firmly into the academic world, with expectations in reading, writing, math and other subjects.

Yet, at the end of first grade, the researchers found that struggling students who were given traditional instruction posted significantly higher math score gains than the struggling students who had ...