"However, activities such as routine practice or drill, math worksheets, problems from textbooks and math on the chalkboard appear to be most effective, probably because they increase the ...

Critics say these timed drills aren’t useful and instead provoke math anxiety in many children ... One played untimed games to reinforce the lessons. The other was subjected to speed practice, where ...

Children must now memorize times tables and learn standard methods ... facts to memory early by practice and drill are in a better position to succeed in later mathematics. Referring to an article ...

Students learn math best when they approach the subject as something they enjoy, according to a Stanford education expert. Speed pressure, timed testing and blind memorization pose high hurdles in ...

IF THE world’s education systems have a common focus, it is to turn out school-leavers who are proficient in mathematics ... drill in mental arithmetic, start algebra young and learn formulae ...

As a practice, I never ask a question I won’t answer myself. Still, I squirm a bit as I write this. As I reflect on the best mathematics lessons that I have taught, I consider one of my very ...

Whether U.S. students learn math better through traditional teacher ... instructional practice that we examined? Routine practice and drill. So, should U.S. students do more math practice and ...

Lockdown drills are commonplace in America right ... complete attention that I wish they'd use for math lessons. It's incredibly difficult to articulate to kids why a sick man would want them ...

At the 65th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) held in the UK city of Bath, these teenage math whizzes secured ... “Compared with countries where drill practice is the norm, we’ve ...