Stanford University’s Jo Boaler says teachers and parents should stop using math flash cards, stop drilling kids in addition and multiplication and especially stop forcing students to do calculations ...

Professor Jo Boaler stirred up a storm last week with radical suggestions for tackling 'maths anxiety’ in schools. Peter Stanford reports Jo Boaler is professor of mathematics education at Stanford ...

Learning your 7 times table is useful in everyday life. For example, there are 7 days in a week. It is a number we use on a regular basis. Imagine you wanted to count down to an important event or a ...

The adoption of Alberta’s discovery math teaching techniques and curriculum has meant that in many Alberta elementary schools, teachers are discouraged from teaching the standard, time-honoured ways ...