For almost a decade, a debate has raged over the best way to teach mathematics and science. Should teachers instruct students in the subjects’ facts and procedures and then give them the opportunity ...

A student goes over an article in University of Washington’s computer ethics class, taught by Prof. Dan Grossman. Credit: Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education ...

Don’t forget what the “A” in STEAM stands for! Find out how to enhance math and science with artwork. In the early 2000s, the education world was abuzz with the acronym STEM, which emphasizes the ...

After 15 years of inquiry into children’s understanding and learning of whole numbers, I can sum up what I have learned very simply. To teach math, you need to know three things. You need to know ...

magic than smoke and mirrors. Popular movie and TV shows about zombies, superheroes, asteroids and cold cases only come to life because of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Now, thanks ...

In the minds of many people, math lives in the classroom—on blackboards, in textbooks, and in tests. New research from Amber Simpson, associate professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and ...

When I started as a K–8 STEM coach at Amesbury Public Schools, I noticed that the math and science lessons we were teaching in elementary school weren’t vertically integrated with what we were ...

Sara Rezvi (@arsinoepi on twitter) is a former high school mathematics teacher, a current doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois at Chicago in the College of Education, and the program ...

Elementary school teachers can use these activities to enrich the study of many different science topics in the elementary curriculum. Topics are aligned with curriculum for physical science, earth ...