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COURTNEY SACCO/CALLER-TIMES A student works on a division problem during a math camp at Antonio Garcia Arts and Education Center on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. (Photo: Courtney Sacco) COURTNEY SACCO/CALLER ...

In Erin Bryan’s 5th grade math classroom, TGIF takes on a whole new meaning. Fridays don’t just herald the coming weekend. They’re also game days. “They all come in here on Fridays pumped,” said Bryan ...

As their assignments become more complicated, you might start to feel that your child's math homework is outpacing your comfort level. Continue to review math materials with him before class and ...

Jesse Elicker, math clinician at Good Hope Middle School, began his Tuesday morning pre-algebra class with a game of “Guess the Function.” A series of numbers was displayed on the Smart Board behind ...

Sixth grade students with lower mathematical ability perform better on complex arithmetic problems if they write down their calculations. Sixth grade students with lower mathematical ability perform ...

Want to help your sixth-grader master math? Here are some of the skills your sixth-grader will be learning in the classroom. In a herd of horses, the ratio of legs to tails is 4 to 1 (or 4:1) because ...

Easton Area’s sixth-graders should know the answer to the equation 2 x 43 + 4. That’s how many minutes they’ll be spending in math next year, when the school district gives its youngest middle ...

Fifty-eight percent of parents said their child has asked for their help with math Homeschooling is not so easy. The average American parent’s science and math knowledge taps out around the ...

The average American parent’s science and math knowledge taps out around the sixth-grade level, according to new research. When asked to estimate the grade they’d be placed into for both math and ...